Commercial aspects of trusts and fiduciary obligations

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Edition Details

Language: English
Jurisdiction(s): England
Publication Information: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992
Type: Book
Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/commercial-aspects-of-trusts-and-fiduciary-obligations/ (Stable identifier)

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XXXVII, 297 pages ; 24 cm

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Commercial aspects of trusts and fiduciary obligations is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Publishers: Clarendon Press – Oxford University Press
Responsable Person: edited by Ewan McKendrick.
Publication Date: 1992
Country/State: England
Number of Editions: 10 editions
First edition Date: 1992
Last edition Date: 1992
General Notes: “The Norton Rose M5 Group.”
Includes index.
Languages: British English
Library of Congress Code: KD1480
Dewey Code: 346.41059
ISBN: 0198257651 9780198257653
OCLC: 25788672

Publisher Description:

This volume focuses on the continuing practical importance of equity in the law today. The authors demonstrate both the impact of the law of trusts and the law of fiduciaries upon such diverse subjects as corporate and bankruptcy law, as well as the continuing need for further discussion on the relationship between equity and commercial law. In combining theoretical and practical knowledge, this volume will be interesting to professionals and scholars involved in commercial or corporate law, bankruptcy, and trusts.

Main Contents

Introduction / Peter Gibson and Peter Millett
I. Statutory Regulation of Financial Services and General Fiduciary Obligations. 1. Fiduciary Law and the Modern Commercial World / Paul Finn. 2. The Statutory Regulation of Financial Services in the United Kingdom and the Development of Chinese Walls in Managing Conflicts of Interest / Peter Graham. 3. The Relationship between Regulations Governing the Financial Services Industry and Fiduciary Duties under the General Law / Jack Beatson
II. Directors’ Duties to Shareholders, Creditors, and Employees. 4. Directors, Creditors, and Shareholders / D. D. Prentice. 5. Directors’ Fiduciary Duties and Individual Shareholders / Paul L. Davies. 6. Directors’ Duties to Shareholders, Employees, and Other Creditors: A View from the Continent / Klaus J. Hopt
III. Trusts in the Recovery of Misapplied Assets. 7. The Recovery of a Director’s Improper Gains: Proprietary Remedies for Infringement of Non-Proprietary Rights / Roy Goode. 8. Trusts in the Recovery of Misapplied Assets: Tracing, Trusts, and Restitution / Peter Birks. 9. The Treatment of Trust Assets in English Insolvency Law / Hamish Anderson
IV. Asset Protection for Multinational Companies and Their Shareholders. 10. Asset Protection for Multinational Corporations / Harry Wiggin. 11. The Adaptation of the Asset Protection Trust for Use by the Multinational Corporation: The American Perspective / Jeffrey Schoenblum.

Summary Note

The theme of the essays in this volume recognizes the continuing practical importance of equity in the law today. It focuses on the commercial context, in particular the fiduciary obligations of those in whom trust or confidence is reposed and in the consequences of any breach of those obligations. ”’

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