LAW580
Trusts
(McInnes)
Prerequisite courses:
Prerequisite for:
Instructor(s): Professor Mitchell McInnes
Course credit: 3
Method of presentation: Lecture
METHOD OF EVALUATION
Each student can choose between: (1) a mid-term examination worth 25% and a final examination worth 75%, or (2) a final examination worth 100%.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The first part of this course will examine the nature, creation and operation of express trusts. The second part will examine the nature, creation and operation of resulting trusts and constructive trusts. Throughout the course, a special emphasis will be placed on the relationship between triggering events and legal responses with a view to determining the precise bases upon which the different species of trusts arise.
SPECIAL COMMENTS
Description updated 2019-20. Please contact the instructor for any specific questions you may have related to this particular course section.
REQUIRED TEXTS (IF ANY):
Oosterhoff, McInnes & Chambers Oosterhoff on Trusts 9th ed (Carswell 2019)