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Now in its sixth edition, Equity and the Law of Trusts in Ireland provides a comprehensive treatment and analysis of this area of the law. This updated and expanded new edition gives you an insight into recent developments in relation to both trusts and equitable remedies. While it focuses on examining and analysing the law in this jurisdiction, extensive reference is also made to the relevant principles as they have developed in England and, where appropriate, in other common law countries such as Canada, Australia and New Zealand. New to the 6th edition * Includes a new chapter on the Liability of Third Parties to Account in Equity * Examines significant decisions of the courts in this jurisdiction including the Supreme Court decision in Stanley v Kieran [2012] IESC 19 and the High Court decisions in Greene v Coady [2014] IEHC 38 and Ulster Bank v Roche [2012] 1 IR 765 * Examines key decisions of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in this field, such as Jones v Kernott [2012] 1 AC 776 and FHR European Ventures LLP v Cedar Capital Partners LLC [2015] AC 250 * Includes a new section on fiduciary relationships which explores the key obligations which exist where such relationships arise and liability for breach of fiduciary duty * Considers the impact of legislation such as the Charities Act 2009 which came into effect in 2014 * Incorporates updated and expanded comparative material Contents * Introduction * Maxims of Equity * Trusts ? An Introduction * Trusts ? Formalities and Essential Elements * Secret Trusts * Constitution of Trusts * Resulting Trusts * Constructive Trusts * The Liability of Third Parties to Account in Equity * Purpose Trusts * Charitable Trusts * Void and Voidable Trusts * The Administration of Trusts * Injunctions * Specific Performance * Rectification * Rescission * Equitable Estoppel * Tracing Author Hilary Biehler has practised as a barrister and is Professor of Public Law in Trinity College Dublin. She has written extensively in the fields of Equity and the Law of Trusts, Civil Procedure and Administrative Law and is the author of a number of Thomson Reuters Round Hall titles.

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