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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451433903321

Titolo

Breach of trust / / edited by Peter Birks and Arianna Pretto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2002

ISBN

1-84731-683-2

1-4742-0047-8

1-280-80126-3

9786610801268

1-84731-242-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (464 p.)

Disciplina

346.42059

Soggetti

Breach of trust - England

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Half Title Page; Half Title verso; Title Page; Title verso; Contents; Preface; The Contributors; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; Table of Treaties; 1. Liability; 2. Duty of Care; 3. Conflicts; 4. Overreaching; 5. Transfers; 6. Assistance; 7. Receipt; 8. Exemptions; 9. Excuses; 10. Consent; 11. Limitation; 12. Laches, Estoppel and Election; 13. Overview; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Recent leading cases have demonstrated the urgent need to modernize the learning on breach of trust,which has lagged behind the flourishing scholarship on the creation of trusts. Since breach of trust or fiduciary duty occupies the centre of the legal stage, it comes as a surprise that, although one or two novelists have chosen 'Breach of Trust' as the title to their book, no lawyer has so far thought it necessary to produce a specialized work on the subject. To fill the gap, this book, written by a team of leading trust lawyers from a number of common law jurisdictions, investigates all the p