Second or third year LLB courses in equity and trusts in law departments. One-year full-time or two-year part-time CPE (common professional examination) or Diploma courses in law departments. Provides a straightforward and readable treatment of the key principles of the law of trusts and the equitable principles behind them. Academic analysis of decisions is provided alongside the case facts and judgments, and legislative provisions are summarised. The book demystifies this complex subject, without oversimplifying, and presents it to students in as palatable a manner as possible, through clear exposition and a focus on contemporary applications of the trust.