Module Information

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

Give students an understanding of the legal rules governing the establishment and management of Trusts.

Introduce students to the analytical skills to appreciate and evaluate complex property transactions and concepts.

Learn to develop logical skills, including the application of relevant information to solving complex legal problems.

Critically analyse complex problems in the law of equity and trusts, apply the legal principles studied to these problems, evaluate competing arguments or solutions.​

Show an ability to explain the operation of the law to those that do not have a legal background.

Argue the application of the law to parties in dispute – presenting each party’s case and evaluating which is the more persuasive argument.

Communicate the results in writing effectively at an academic level using the relevant terminology and appropriate citation of material.

Apply in a detailed manner existing knowledge to new scenarios.

Show a critical understanding of the key aspects of equity and trusts, including acquisition of coherent and detailed knowledge, at least some of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of defined aspects of a discipline.

Deploy accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry within a discipline.

Devise and sustain detailed arguments, and/or to solve problems, using ideas and techniques, some of which are at the forefront of a discipline.

Describe and comment critically upon particular aspects of current research, or equivalent advanced scholarship, in the discipline.

Appreciate critically the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge.

Manage their own learning, and to make use of scholarly reviews and primary sources (for example, refereed research articles and/or original materials appropriate to the discipline).

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