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FLK2 · Vol. 6 of 7

Trusts Law SQE1 FLK2 Study Guide

Express, resulting, and constructive trusts. Eleven chapters cover the three certainties, beneficial interests, charitable and purpose trusts, resulting and constructive trusts, secret trusts, trustees’ duties and powers, and remedies for breach of trust.

Chapters
11
Worked MCQs
330
Flashcards
448
Formats
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All 11 chapters of the Trusts Law SQE1 notes

The book follows the SRA’s FLK2 specification for Trusts Law chapter by chapter. Chapter 1 is free to read in the sample.

  1. 01

    Three Certainties and Creation of Express Trusts

    The three certainties required to create a valid express trust, and the differences between fixed interest and discretionary trusts

    30 worked questions · 48 flashcards

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  2. 02

    Formalities and Constitution of Express Trusts

    Legal formalities for creating trusts, constitution of trusts, secret trusts, and exceptions to the beneficiary principle

    30 worked questions · 36 flashcards

  3. 03

    Beneficial Entitlement and Trust Types

    Fixed interest trusts, discretionary trusts, life interests, and the rule in Saunders v Vautier

    30 worked questions · 37 flashcards

  4. 04

    Charitable Trusts and Non-Charitable Purpose Trusts

    Charitable purposes, public benefit, non-charitable purpose trusts, cy-près, and Charity Commission powers

    30 worked questions · 40 flashcards

  5. 05

    Resulting Trusts

    Presumed resulting trusts, presumption of advancement, Quistclose trusts, and the distinction between resulting and constructive trusts

    30 worked questions · 39 flashcards

  6. 06

    Trusts of the Family Home and Proprietary Estoppel

    Common intention constructive trusts, quantifying shares, and proprietary estoppel

    30 worked questions · 35 flashcards

  7. 07

    Liability of Strangers to the Trust

    Knowing receipt and dishonest assistance — when third parties can be liable for breach of trust

    30 worked questions · 36 flashcards

  8. 08

    Fiduciary Relationships and Obligations

    Nature of fiduciary relationships, key duties (no profit, no conflict, no purchase of trust property), and remedies for breach

    30 worked questions · 43 flashcards

  9. 09

    Trustees — Appointment, Powers and Duties

    Appointment and removal of trustees, statutory duty of care, investment duties, and key powers

    30 worked questions · 40 flashcards

  10. 10

    Trustees' Liability and Protection

    Breach of trust, measures of liability, trustee protection, limitation periods, and variation of trusts

    30 worked questions · 37 flashcards

  11. 11

    Equitable Remedies and Tracing

    Equitable remedies (injunction, specific performance, rescission, rectification, account of profits) and tracing in equity

    30 worked questions · 57 flashcards

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Pages from the Trusts Law guide

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  • Opening page of Chapter 1, Three Certainties and Creation of Express Trusts, in the Trusts Law SQE1 study guide, with the estimated study time, difficulty and the list of what the chapter covers
    The first page of a chapter: study time, difficulty and what you will be able to explain by the end.
  • A notes page from Chapter 1 of the Trusts Law study guide with a examiner tip box set inside the text
    Statute extracts, examiner tips and warnings are set out in boxes inside the notes.
  • A worked single-best-answer question from Chapter 1 of the Trusts Law study guide, with the correct answer and an explanation of each option
    Every worked question ends with the correct answer and why each of the other options fails.
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What you get

Everything in the Trusts Law guide

  • 11 chapters of notes: three certainties, beneficial interests, charitable purpose trusts, resulting and constructive trusts, secret trusts, trustees’ duties and powers, breach of trust and remedies
  • 330 worked SBA questions with full explanations citing Knight v Knight, Re Endacott, Re Denley and the post-Stack authorities
  • 448 flashcards organised by chapter for spaced repetition
  • Glossary of trust concepts, plus an alphabetical index
  • Print-ready PDF and EPUB (Kindle via Send to Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo) included

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