Pearce & Stevens' Trusts and Equitable Obligations

Pearce & Stevens’ Trusts and Equitable Obligations provides a detailed and contextualized account of the law of equity and trusts. The text gives detailed analysis of all key decisions, statutes, and current academic debates related to the law of equity and trusts, giving a grounding in the subject. This new edition, which includes an additional chapter on the three certainties, brings this subject together coherently, clarifying the discussion of the consequences of uncertainty. The text has been updated with recent cases and developments in the area, including Marr v Collie [2017] on resulting and constructive trusts, Patel v Mirza [2016] on illegality, Prest v Petrodel [2013] on resulting trusts and equitable proprietary remedies, and the Law Commission’s consultation on the making of wills.