LL308      Half Unit
Commercial Trusts Law

This information is for the 2025/26 session.

Course Convenor

Availability

This course is intended partially to fulfil the requirements for recognition of the LLB by the Legal Profession Qualifying Board Malaysia.  It should also be of wider interest for LLB students hoping to pursue a career in legal practice as a solicitor, at the bar, or in house.  The course starts by analysing and evaluating the ways in which trusts are used in finance and investment, starting with loans and bonds, before considering how trusts inform proprietary interests in fungible assets and how Quistclose trusts can be used to encourage investment.  At each stage, students will gain a solid grip of doctrine and then apply what they have learnt to real-world situations.  The final part of the course will focus on private wealth management, including family trusts and pensions.  

20 hours of seminars in the Autumn Term.

This course has a reading week in Week 6 of Autumn Term.

Essay (1500 words)

• McKnight, Paterson & Zakrzewski, The Law of International Finance  

• Louise Gullifer and Jennifer Payne, Intermediated Securities: Legal Problems and Practical Issues  

• Tatiana Dancy, Crypto-property: Response to Public Consultation by the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce of the LawTech Delivery PanelI  

• William Swadling, The Quistclose Trust: Critical Essays  

• David Kershaw, The Foundations of Anglo-American Corporate Fiduciary Law  

• David Pollard, Pensions, Contracts and Trusts: Legal Issues on Decision Making  

Exam (100%), duration: 150 Minutes in the Spring exam period