Breach of Trust - Peter Birks

Breach of Trust

By: Peter Birks (Editor), Arianna Pretto-Sakmann (Editor)

Hardcover | 5 July 2002 | Edition Number 1

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Recent leading cases have demonstrated the urgent need to modernize the learning on breach of trust,which has lagged behind the flourishing scholarship on the creation of trusts. Since breach of trust or fiduciary duty occupies the centre of the legal stage, it comes as a surprise that, although one or two novelists have chosen âBreach of Trustâ as the title to their book, no lawyer has so far thought it necessary to produce a specialized work on the subject. To fill the gap, this book, written by a team of leading trust lawyers from a number of common law jurisdictions, investigates all the principal aspects of the subject. The nature of the trusteeâs duties and of the liability for breach is closely examined, and all available defences and excuses are reviewed. Two substantial chapters consider the consequences of assisting a breach or receiving trust property from a trustee acting in breach. The book closes with a critical overview of the entire topic.

CONTENTS: 1 Robert Chambers âLiability for Breach'; 2 Joshua Getzler âThe Duty of Careâ; 3 Edwin Simpson âThe Conflict of Interestâ; 4 David Fox âOverreachingâ; 5 Lionel Smith âProperty Transferred in Breachâ; 6 Charles Mitchell 'Assistanceâ; 7 Peter Birks 'Receiptâ; 8 James Penner âExemption clausesâ; 9 John Lowry and Rod Edmunds âHonest and Reasonable Breachâ ; 10 Jennifer Payne âConsentâ; 11 William Swadling âLimitationâ; 12 Gary Watt âLaches, Estoppel and Electionâ; 13 David Hayton âAn Overviewâ.
Industry Reviews

"...the book has been prepared as a coherent and integrated whole, rather than simply a collection of essays on the topic. It is careful and thought-provoking, and a valuable contribution to the literature." --The Edinburgh Law Review, Vol 9

"The title of this book and its chapters are beguilingly simple but the contents provide fascinatingly deep analyses of contemporary issues.
This book is an essential collection of studies for anyone concerned with the law on breach of trust, its possible reform (or change) and the changing position of the breach of trust law and its relationship with the common law." --Trusts and Trustees

"In content this book is a heavy-weight. It is aimed at academics, chancery judges and specialist practicioners. However, anyone seekng to formulate or to defend a claim relating to a fiduciary duty would do well to consider the points made in this book." --New Law Journal

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