PgDL Equity and Trusts Textbook

This Equity and Trusts Law Textbook provides a thorough, up to date and practical review of the law of equity and trusts. It includes how lawyers become involved in advising on the creation and running of trusts, and how disputes between trustees, beneficiaries and third parties can be managed and resolved. 

After an introduction to Equity and Trusts, the book guides the learner through the lifespan of a trust, from its creation, including certainty and formalities, and implied trusts, through to running a trust -duties and powers. The book then examines remedies against trustees, fiduciaries and third parties.

About the author:  Alison Bicknell is a Visiting Lecturer at The University of Law having previously been a Senior Tutor at the London Bloomsbury and Reading campuses. After studying at Smith College (USA), and qualifying as a solicitor, she was a private client/property partner at a Central London law firm before joining The University. She has a range of teaching experience across a variety of subjects and levels, is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is affiliated with STEP, the Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners.

This book is part of a series of 8 textbooks that have been specially designed to cover academic law for students converting to law. Published and updated regularly, these user-friendly study manuals are designed to help you successfully acquire knowledge and understanding of the foundational law of England & Wales. 

They provide solid knowledge and understanding of fundamental legal principles and rules, while bringing the law and practice to life with example scenarios based on realistic client problems.

Each title is designed to operate as a study manual, rather than solely a textbook. This means that understanding of the academic law is developed using worked examples and activities, as well as more traditional explanation of legal principles. 

The textbooks are used alongside other learning resources to prepare students not only for achievement of an academic qualification, but also for a future life in professional legal practice. 

Titles in this series:

• Administrative Law and Human Rights – published Dec 2023
• Contract – published September 2023
• Criminal Law – published September 2023
• English Legal System and Constitutional Law – published September 2023
• Equity and Trusts - published Dec 2023
• Land - published Dec 2023
• Tort – published September 2023
• Business Law and Practice (SQE) – published August 2023

The legal principles and rules contained within this study manual are stated as at 1 September 2023.

A new edition of this manual is published annually ready for January studies.

• Print:  978-1-80502-060-8
• Pages: 214

This manual is currently only available for students studying our PGDL, MA Law (Conversion) and MA Law (SQE1) courses.