Offers a thorough and perceptive treatment of modern English trust law Uniquely combines textbook and casebook in one compact volume Uses questions and problems at the end of each chapter to promote analysis and discussion Investigates the grey areas often favoured by examiners Illuminates the nature of the English trust concept with comparative references to foreign jurisdictions Illustrates text with excerpts from cases, statutes, articles, Government White Papers, Charity Commissioners' Reports and Decisions and Attorney-General's Guidelines

This volume in the 'Core Text Series' covers the law of trusts, explaining from first principles what 'trusts' is about and providing the student with an understanding of the law and the important academic controversies surrounding it.

As a textbook combined with a sourcebook, this well-established work on modern English trust law not only offers two books for the price of one, but also illuminates the topics covered by a careful arrangement of text and materials.