Constitution of Trusts

When studying constitution of express trust in Equity and Trusts these notes will help you identify the legal requirements for creating trusts and how express trust must be properly constituted. With these law notes you will be able to explain the different ways of benefiting another. They will show you the operation of the basic principle that equity will not perfect an imperfect gift or an incompletely constituted trust. Moreover, you can understand the various ways around this constitution of the express trust principle and the circumstances in which they apply.

CASES

The rule in Milroy v Lord

Milroy v Lord (1862) 31 LJ Ch 798

The transfer of shares in a private company

Re Rose [1952] 1 All ER 1217    

Pennington v Waine [2002] EWCA Civ 227

Self-declaration of trust

Jones v Lock (1865) LR 1 Ch App 25

No self-declaration of trust following imperfect transfer

R Richards v Delbridge (1874) LR 18 Eq 11

Re Ralli’s Will Trusts [1964] Ch 288

No trust of future property

Re Ellenborough (1903) 1 Ch 697, HC

Incompletely constituted trusts

Pullan v Koe [1913] 1 Ch 9

Cannon v Hartley [1949] Ch 213     

Strong v Bird (1874) LR 18 Eq 315

Doniatio mortis causa (DMC)

Sen v Headley [1991] Ch 425

Birch v Treasury Solicitor [1951] CH 298

Proprietary estoppel

Dillwyn v Llewellyn [1862] 4 De GF & J 517

Gillett v Holt [2000] 2 All ER 289