LAW2211: TRUSTS LAW

• Introduction to English Law and Legal Method (LAW 1121) and Law of Torts (LAW 1051) and Contract Law (LAW 1071)

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• To explain the concept and structure of the trust as a property arrangement and to enable students to critically assess the trust and its various uses by reference to social, political and commercial contexts.

• After consideration of the historical and conceptual foundations of the trust, detailed attention is paid to its structural elements as well as to processes associated with its administration. Different types of trust are explored in their legal and social settings. The duties, powers and liabilities of trustees are explained, and the various mechanisms and remedies associated with breaches of trust set out. Critiques of the trust, trusts law and trusts practice are referred to throughout.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• Students should be able to:
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of the historical and conceptual foundations of the trust;
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of the structural elements of the trust and the processes associated with its administration;
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of different types of trust and the circumstances in which they arise;
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of the duties, powers and liabilities of trustees;
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of the various mechanisms and remedies associated with breaches of trust;
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of critiques of the trust, trusts law, and trusts practice.

Subject-specific Skills:

• Students should be able to:
• Recognise and explain the structure of the trust in its various settings;
• Apply trusts law to given factual scenarios and advise accordingly;
• Critically assess the trust both in its conceptual form and as a legal practice in the light of internal (systematic) and external (social, political, commercial) considerations.

Key Skills:

• Students should be able to:
• Demonstrate developed research and writing skills, including the ability to work independently and to take responsibility for their own learning.

• Lectures are used to impart knowledge and suggest opportunities for critical analysis;
• Tutorials are used to deepen students' knowledge and develop their capacity for legal problem solving and critical analysis;
• Formative assignments are used to develop subject-specific and key skills;
• The examination is used to test students' subject-specific knowledge and their ability to focus on relevant legal and conceptual issues and formulate an argument that effectively responds to the question raised.

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