Course description
The law relating to Trusts of Land is substantial and a comprehensive understanding is vital for practitioners to know how strong or weak the case is.
This live and interactive session will provide delegates with a clear and complete understanding of the law, the evidence required to improve the case/damage the opponent's case and when offers to settle/mediate should be made.
Join expert barrister Robert Sheridan in our virtual classroom as he discusses a range of key topics including the difference between single-name and joint-name claims, challenging an express declaration of trust, equitable accounting, the remedies available and much more.
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Training Course Content
Introduction
This introductory level live broadcast session is designed for civil litigators, who already possess a thorough knowledge of civil procedure but wish to gain an understanding of the substantive law relating to Trusts of Land. You already know how to litigate but a clear and comprehensive understanding of the law in this area is vital - otherwise you do not know how strong or weak the case is.
Upon completing the session, you will have a clear and complete understanding of:
- The relevant law: Is the claim/defence weak or strong?
- What evidence is required in order to improve the case/damage the opponent's case?
- When should offers to settle/mediate be made, and at what level should such offers be pitched?
What You Will Learn
This live and interactive session will cover the following:
- What is a Trust of Land?
- The difference between single-name and joint-name claims
- How to establish a beneficial interest in a single-name case: express and inferred agreements to share the beneficial ownership
- When the law will depart from equality in joint-name cases
- Detrimental reliance - What it means and how to prove it
- Challenging an express declaration of trust: fraud, mistake and rectification
- Equitable accounting: occupation rent, mortgage payments, improvements to the property: the effect on shares in the property
- Remedies available: declarations, order for sales
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