Commercial and Charitable Trusts - JURD7623
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: completion of 36 UOC of JURD courses including Business Associations (JURD7224) for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, completion of 72 UOC of JURD courses including BA (JURD7224).
Excluded: LAWS3023
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Main Topics
• Classification of trusts
• Family trusts and unit trusts
• The settlor’s Intentions and the three certainties
• Discretionary trusts and powers
• The beneficiary principle
• Charitable trusts
• Non-charitable purpose trusts,
• Gifts to unincorporated associations;
• Resulting trusts
• Public appeal fund surpluses
• Trustees' fiduciary duties
• Protector concept
• Investment powers
• Trusts in commerce, including Quistclose trust and Kayford trust
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.