Course curriculum

    1. Assessment objectives

    2. What is trusts law about?

    3. → Introduction to trusts law MIND MAP

    4. → Types of trust MIND MAP

    5. → Trusts of the family home MIND MAP

    6. Key definitions [JAKE COMPLETE LATER - CHRIS DO MASSIVE COURSE-WIDE MINDMAP OF KEY TYPES OF TRUST?]

    7. Key legislation

    8. Overview of types of trust [JAKE - I HAVE WRITTEN THIS, PLS CHECK YOU'RE HAPPY]

    1. Overview of express trusts and declarations of trusts

    2. → Overview of express trusts and declarations of trusts MIND MAP

    3. Types of express trusts

    4. → Types of express trusts MIND MAP

    5. Declarations of trust

    6. → Declarations of trust MIND MAP

    7. The three certainties

    8. → The three certainties MIND MAP

    9. PRACTISE MCQs: Express trusts and declarations of trust

    1. Overview of constitution of trusts

    2. → Overview of constitution of trusts MIND MAP

    3. Transferring trust property

    4. → Transferring trust property MIND MAP

    5. Transferring land

    6. → Transferring land MIND MAP

    7. Transferring shares

    8. → Transferring shares MIND MAP

    9. Transferring money and chattels

    10. → Transferring money and chattels MIND MAP

    11. Equity will not assist a volunteer

    12. → Equity will not assist a volunteer MIND MAP

    13. PRACTISE MCQs: Constitution of trusts

    1. Overview of beneficial entitlement

    2. → Overview of beneficial entitlement MIND MAP

    3. A beneficiary's entitlement under a trust

    4. Capital and income

    5. → Capital and income MIND MAP

    6. Fixed interest trusts

    7. → Fixed interest trusts MIND MAP

    8. Discretionary trusts

    9. → Discretionary trusts MIND MAP

    10. Ending a trust (Saunders v Vautier)

    11. → Ending a trust MIND MAP

    12. PRACTISE MCQs: Beneficial entitlement

    1. Overview of charitable and non-charitable purpose trusts

    2. → Overview of charitable and non-charitable purpose trusts MIND MAP

    3. Purpose trusts

    4. → Purpose trusts MIND MAP

    5. Charitable trusts

    6. → Charitable trusts MIND MAP

    7. Valid non-charitable purpose trusts

    8. → Valid non-charitable purpose trusts MIND MAP

    9. PRACTISE MCQs: charitable and non-charitable purpose trusts

    1. Overview of resulting trusts

    2. → Overview of resulting trusts MIND MAP

    3. Implied trusts

    4. → Implied trusts MIND MAP

    5. Presumptions of resulting trusts

    6. → Presumptions of resulting trusts MIND MAP

    7. Presumptions of advancement

    8. → Presumptions of advancement MIND MAP

    9. Rebutting presumptions

    10. → Rebutting presumptions MIND MAP

    11. Automatic resulting trusts

    12. → Automatic resulting trusts MIND MAP

    13. PRACTISE MCQs: Resulting trusts

Business law

  • 155 lessons
  • 50 minutes of video content

Instructors

James Richardson

Co-founder & Lawyer

James is a highly experienced solicitor and author. He trained and qualified at major transatlantic firm Hogan Lovells. After a few years in their Commercial Litigation and Insurance team, James moved to the City to work as an underwriter on M&A deals. James also founded and ran Law Answered for a decade, where he wrote or co-wrote 42 different books for law students across the spectrum of graduate and postgraduate law courses. He now is Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance at a motor insurtech scaleup called Cuvva, which he joined as first in-house counsel shortly after their Series A fundraise.

Jake Schogger

Co-founder & Lawyer

Jake Schogger is a best-selling commercial awareness author, ex-Magic Circle lawyer, co-founder of Law Student Academy, and the founder and CEO of legal careers platform Commercial Law Academy. He trained at Freshfields, then spent years at a boutique law firm advising start-ups and scale-ups on a range of corporate, commercial and employment matters. He has also worked extensively as a career coach, and continues to deliver employability and skills presentations at leading universities and law firms across the UK. Connect with Jake on LinkedIn via www.linkedin.com/in/jakeschogger

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