Equity : trusts and wills /

Gibson, Melissa, 1982-

Equity : trusts and wills / Melissa Gibson, Thomas Gibbons. - Fourth edition. - xiv, 221 pages ; 22 cm - Student companions . - Student companion (LexisNexis (Firm : N.Z.)) .

Preface to the Fourth edition -- Table ofCases -- Formal Requirements -- Inter vivos trusts of real property -- Inter vivos trusts of personal property -- Secret and half-secret trusts -- The Three Certainties -- (1) Certainty of Intention -- (2) Certainty of subject-matter -- (3) Certainty of object -- (4) Court's exercise of control -- The Beneficiary Principle -- General -- Anomalous exceptions -- Trusts for the maintenance of animals -- Trusts for the saying of masses -- Trusts for the erection and maintenance of monuments -- and graves -- Miscellaneous exceptions -- Trusts in favour of unincorporated bodies -- "Quistclose" trusts -- Charitable Trusts -- Definition of a charity: the four heads -- Public purpose -- Able to be controlled by the Court -- Ihe four heads -- (1) Relief of poverty -- (2) Advancement of education -- (3) Advancement of religion -- (4) Other purposes benefkial to the Community -- Schemes for the administration of charitable trusts -- Butterworths Student Companion: Equity - Trusts and Wills -- Resulting Trusts -- Constructive Trusts -- General principles -- De facto property -- Trustees -- Nature of a Beneficiary's Interest -- Tracing -- Completely and Incompletely Constituted Trusts -- Sham Trusts and Alter Ego Trusts -- Perpetuities -- Succession - Wills -- Formal and statutory requirements -- Gifts to attesting witnesses -- Incorporation by reference -- Mental requirements -- Animus testandi -- Undue influenae, fraud and duress -- Mutual wills -- Revocation -- Administration -- Family Protection Act -- Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act -- Fiduciary Duties.

Previous edition: Equity : trusts and wills / Thomas Gibbons, published: Wellington, N.Z. : LexisNexis, 2008. "Summaries of the leading decisions which have shaped this area of the law. The book is designed to be used by students in conjunction with lecture notes and existing text materials as an aid to understanding and remembering important cases"--Publisher information.

9781927248126 1927248124 192724837X


Trusts and trustees--New Zealand--Cases
Equity--New Zealand--Cases
Wills--New Zealand--Cases


Casebooks (Law)

346.9305

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