Equity and Trusts GDL Exam June 2022 - Answer Booklet

This is the answer booklet for the Equity and Trusts GDL Exam held in June 2022. It includes three questions and their answers along with instructions for the candidates. The booklet also includes a declaration by the candidate. The questions are related to the activities of a bankrupt director, drafting a will, and leaving interest in shares after death. The subject is Equity and Trusts, and the course code is GDL. The college or university is not mentioned.

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ANSWER BOOKLET
GDL: EQUITY AND TRUSTS JUNE 2022 EXAM
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EXAM DATE 08 JUNE 2022
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student instructions issued prior to the exam. In particular; you must type your answers
below each of the three questions selected and put your candidate number (NOT your
name) in the top right corner of each page of this Answer Booklet.
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DECLARATION
By submitting this assessment, I declare that:
 This Foundation Subject examination was carried out in accordance with the Regulations of
The University of Law. I certify that this is my own unaided work and, if this statement
is untrue, I ACKNOWLEDGE that I have cheated.
 The work is original except where indicated by acknowledgement or special
reference in the text. This examination has been undertaken without the assistance
of any other person; is treated as confidential and I have not disclosed, discussed, or
expressed an opinion on the contents of this examination or my answers to it to any
other person, by any means; and will not copy or reproduce the contents of this
examination or any part thereof.
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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Where questions are sub-divided, candidates should not expect the sub-divisions
necessarily to be of equal weight.
You must answer THREE questions out of SIX.
You may refer to your GDL Statutory Extracts.
Candidates should assume that the title to any land referred to is
REGISTERED unless the contrary is stated.
There is a maximum word limit of 6,000. Words in excess of this limit will not
be marked.
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QUESTION 1
Talish is a director of TrayStack Ltd. He has approached you seeking advice in
relation to the activities of another director, Unita, who has just been made bankrupt.
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Three months ago, Unita made three unauthorised withdrawals of company funds
amounting to £80,000:
1. The first unauthorised withdrawal totalled £50,000. Unita used this money as
part-payment towards a new Audi car worth £60,000. Unita paid the balance
of £10,000 for the car using her own money.
2. Unita transferred the second sum of £20,000 into her own bank account
(which, prior to that transfer, had a nil balance). She then paid in the sum of
£40,000 from HeroQuest Ltd. HeroQuest Ltd is not connected to TrayStack
Ltd.
Unita withdrew £40,000 to pay off some of her personal debts. The remaining
£20,000 is still sitting as a balance on her bank account.
3. The final withdrawal totalled £10,000. Unita directly transferred this sum from
the company to her boyfriend’s – Vijay’s – bank account. The account already
had £5,000 of Vijay’s money in it. Unita said it was a present for his 50 th
birthday, and Vijay was not suspicious about this at first, because he had
received a similar sum of money from Unita for his 40th birthday. However,
when he checked his bank statement two days later, Vijay was very surprised
to see that the money had come from TrayStack Ltd and not from Unita’s own
bank account. He decided to spend the money as quickly as possible in case
he was asked to pay it back.
Vijay decided to surprise Unita by booking a river cruise holiday for the two of
them, costing £3,000. He used the remaining £12,000 to purchase corporate
bonds in EDP Finance BV.
Following some investigations, Talish advises that:
 Unita has managed to already put a large dent into the bonnet of her Audi car,
which will have detrimentally impacted its second-hand value.
 The value of EDP Finance BV corporate bonds has increased by 30%.
 Talish has received a letter from HeroQuest Ltd. The letter explains that Unita
was a director of HeroQuest Ltd, and that she stole the sum of £40,000 from
that company. HeroQuest Ltd alleges that it is entitled to the whole balance
sitting in Unita’s bank account.
Advise Talish of any remedies TrayStack Ltd may have against:
(a) Unita; and
(b) Vijay.
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QUESTION 2
Issam has instructed you to prepare his will. He would like his will to include the
following provisions:
(i) “I give £20,000 to my Trustees to distribute money to such deserving young
members of the Newport Dragons Ice Hockey Club and in such shares as
they in their discretion see fit.”
(ii) “I give £5,000 to my Trustees to look after Snappy, the Newport Dragons Ice
Hockey Club pet mascot.”
(iii) “I give £20,000 to the Newport Dragons Ice Hockey Club to buy new ice
hockey equipment and clothing for its members.”
(iv) “I give my Residuary Estate to my Trustees in order to advance the interests
of the Welsh people in any way they see fit.”
Issam has lived in Wales all his life and is a proud advocate of Welsh culture. He is
also the treasurer of the Newport Dragons Ice Hockey Club, a non-charitable
unincorporated association which currently has 80 members. Snappy, the Club’s
mascot, is a tortoise.
(a) Advise Issam whether the above dispositions would be valid as drafted.
In respect of each disposition which is arguably invalid, explain what
changes you would make to the wording in order, if possible, to best
achieve Issam’s wishes.
Issam also seeks your advice on the following.
Three months ago, Issam wrote to his nephew, Johan, saying, “I have sent a stock
transfer form and share certificate in relation to my shares in Warrior Limited to the
company, instructing them to register you as the new legal owner”. The company
registered Johan as the new legal owner of the shares two weeks later.
Warrior Limited, who manufacture and sell ice hockey equipment, have just
announced that they will be opening two new stores in Wales. Issam regrets having
instructed the company to register Johan as the new legal owner of the shares as he
thinks these will become valuable and he wants to instead dispose of them under the
terms of his new will.
(b) Advise Issam whether he can leave any interest in the shares on his
death in his will.
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Issam, who is an eminent advocate for the welsh culture at Wales in the United Kingdom. He
is also a treasurer of the Newport Dragons Ice Hockey Club, which is a non charitable
unincorporated association. As, he has many responsibilities in his shoulder and he is a wise
man, desire to helps the club for that he decided to frame a will. Before framing a Will, it will
be ensure that at the time of preparing a will Issam was very clear about his thoughts and
there is no pressure on him at the time of discussing about his will to me. After, listening to
Issam, it will be very clear to me that as being a treasurer of the club he wants to donate some
amount to the club and wants to help the people who are facing the difficulties because of
scarcity of the equipments in the club (de Abreu. and Ceglia, 2018). As, a lawyer I fulfil all
the terms and conditions and to all my honesty I will prepare the will for him. According to
the Issam he wants to include the following provisions in his will, and according to that only
this will got prepared.
In his first wish, he desire to give the amount of £20,000 to his trustee, for
distributing that amount among the deserving young members of the Newport dragons club in
such shares which they seen fit for them. This wish of Issam is valid there is no illegality, but
in this wish he gave the power to the Trustees to allot the amount according to them. It is
better for Issam to decide the amount of share for every deserving member. It will give clarity
to the Trustees also.
In his second wish, Issam decided to give the amount of £5,000 to the Trustee for
taking care of the Snappy, who is a pet Tortoise of the club. In this will there is no illegality,
but in this provision one thing should be added.
In his Third wish, Issam give £20,000 in the name of the club, to buy the new ice
hockey equipment and clothes for the members. This provision is also valid and there is no
need to add anything else.
In his Fourth wish, he decided to give his residing place to the Trustees, in order to
help the people of Welsh in the way the Trustees seems fit. In this provison of Issam, it is
better to add the option that at what way his estate will be use. Like in what way Issam wants
to help the people of Welsh while giving his property to them. For example; it is better for the
clarification if he says that his property will be use for the orphans, widows of Welsh or the
park will be create at his place for the welsh people. Otherwise, his estate will be use for any
purpose.
These are the provisions of Issam which he wants to add in his will. The provision of
Issam is valid for drafting a will. There are few changes which can be make in the provisions
such as;
In the first, provision the amount of share will be decide so that it will make it clear
that, what amount will get distributed among the deserving members of the club. It is better in
a will to make clear all the things and it is better not to leave any thing up on anyone. In the
second provision, there is no need to add or alter anything (Derrett, 2021). He can donate that
particular amount to the pet of the club. In the third provision also there is no illegality or any
fault to donate the amount of £20,000 to all the member's for the new equipment and also for
the clothes. In the fourth provision where he decided to give his estate property to the trustees
for the betterment of the people of the Welsh. In this provision, it will be better for the Issam
to get clear about the purpose of using the property. In this provision the interest will be
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express for the people. Otherwise, there is a chance of not fulfilling the interest of the Welsh
people.
Apart from the above provisions, Issam also wants the advice in the case of
appointing the new legal owner for the shares he hold of the warrior limited company. For
that, Issam wrote a letter to his nephew and sent the stock transfer form and share the
certificate of his shares in Warrior Limited and instruct them to register a new legal owner of
his shares. After two weeks, the company registered the Johan, nephew of Issam as the new
legal owner of the shares of Issam. As, an advice to Issam it will be better to prepare the
power of Attorney, which gives the power to Johan on the shares of the Issam and every
right will be generate for him on the shares of Issam.
But, this provision of Issam will have to amend as per the wishes of Isaam which is
known as Codicil, and it should be witnessed. Issam has a right to do amendment in the
above provision where he decided to register his nephew for the new legal owner of his
shares in the Warrior Limited. According to the UK law, Issam in his life can amend his will
and took back the rights from the Johan and become the legal owner of the shares of Warrior
Limited.
Advise Issam whether he can leave any interest in the shares on his death in
his will.
According to the Will act of the 1936, the testator has a right to leave the interest in
the shares on his death in his will. In the situation of the death of testator and in his will if he
noted down the name of anyone in his will for the interest of the shares. Then, it will be very
clear that the person whose name is in the will, will get the interest of the shares of the
testator. This is the common way of transferring the interest to anyone by the will. But, if at
the time of death the testator would not give any name for the interest of share in the will
then, according to the Will's act of 1936 the interest of the share will get transferred to the
legitimate successor's of the testator. Like in the above provision the testator Issam registered
his nephew Johan for the new legal owner voluntarily but, if no name was mentioned by the
testator and he died then, the interest will be transferred to his successor, who have a right to
enjoy the shares of the testator.
The advice for the Issam in this case, is not to leave any interest in the shares. If he
wants to transfer the rights of his shares then, it is better to mention the name of that person to
whom he wants to give the right over the shares. If he died without mentioning the name of
the person who will become the real owner of his shares then, the right of interest on the
shares will be given to his successor's. From the above provisions it is very clear that, there is
no legal heir's of Issam except, his nephew Johan, to whom he will decided not to give the
rights over his share of the company of Warrior limited (Sumpf, 2018). If, there is no
successor's of the deceased then, the company can withdrawal the shares of the deceased,
which is of no use for anyone and the company itself use those shares. As, an advice it will be
better for the Issam to give the name of anyone to whom he get trust, so that he will get the
interest of the shares. Otherwise the shares of the testator is of no use.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
de Abreu, M.C.S. and Ceglia, D., 2018. On the implementation of a circular economy: The
role of institutional capacity-building through industrial symbiosis. Resources,
conservation and recycling, 138, pp.99-109.
De Moor, B. and Daponte, A., 2021. Transposing the new EU Restructuring Directive into
Belgian law, focusing on debt-to-equity conversions. Insolvency & Restructuring
International, 15(2).
Derrett, J.D.M., 2021. Justice, equity and good conscience. In Changing law in developing
countries (pp. 114-153). Routledge.
Diaz, J.R., 2019. Formalizing Decades of Practice: The Uniform Trust Code Comes to
Colorado. Prob. & Prop., 33, p.50.
Kaplan, A., Eyal, L. and Liberman, M., 2019. Israel: the trust law and the Hekdesh
deed. Trusts & Trustees, 25(6), pp.673-676.
Miller, P.B., 2020. Conscience and Justice in Equity: Comments on Equity: Conscience Goes
to Market. Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies, 21(1), pp.37-49.
Nadler, J., 2021. What is Distinctive about the Law of Equity?. Oxford Journal of Legal
Studies, 41(3), pp.854-872.
Stavroulaki, T., 2019. The Curious Case of Competition Law and Health Equity. The Curious
Case of Competition law and Health Equity, 3(1).
Sumpf, P., 2018. The energy system and trust: Public, organizational, and transsystemic
perspectives. In Energy as a Sociotechnical Problem (pp. 179-199). Routledge.
Yallop, M., 2019. Rebuilding trust in financial markets: beyond the limits of law and
regulation. In Research Handbook on Law and Ethics in Banking and Finance.
Edward Elgar Publishing.
QUESTION 3
Katherine seeks your advice on two separate matters.
In March 2016, when Katherine started a new job as an accountant at a high-street
firm, she bought a house in her sole name for £250,000. She had hoped that her
parents would help her out with the deposit, but they refused to do so. Her boyfriend,
Liam, agreed to lend her the £25,000 she needed. The remaining £225,000 of the
purchase price was funded by a mortgage in Katherine’s name and the house was
registered in her sole name. Katherine never repaid the sum of £25,000.
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In September 2019, Katherine and Liam decided to live together and Liam made
arrangements to move into the house. Katherine told Liam that if he helped pay the
mortgage, she would instruct a solicitor to put the house into their joint names.
However, when they asked for a quote from a firm of local solicitors, they thought it
was too expensive, and this was not pursued. Liam paid the majority of the monthly
mortgage instalments from September 2019 until they split up three months ago.
When they split up, Liam moved out of the property and is staying in rented
accommodation nearby.
Katherine is thinking of putting the house on the market. Liam has found out about
this and has recently emailed Katherine demanding repayment of the original
£25,000 and claiming that he has a share in the house.
(a) Advise Katherine whether Liam can claim an interest in the house and if
so, on what basis. How would any such interest be quantified?
Three years ago, Katherine was appointed a trustee over a family trust. Her co-
trustee is her brother, Thomas.
Katherine has recently received an email from two of the beneficiaries who are angry
that Katherine has been receiving money from the trust. They want Katherine to
repay those monies to the trust.
Katherine explains that she has been drawing down money from the trust in payment
of time spent running the trust with Thomas. Katherine has provided you with a set of
written minutes of a trust meeting held shortly after her appointment. The minutes
record that she would only act as a trustee against payment from the trust and that
Thomas agreed to this.
(b) Advise Katherine whether she must repay any of this money to the trust.
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Equity law deals with the common law system that is based on the rules , principles and
other sources of law. The law of equity provides remedies and allows them damages and
compensate the loss incurred by the person. In the UK, equity law system is a customary law
that developed through various International Convention to secure the rights and privilege of
their citizens (Chaisse, 2022). The equity is based on certain principles to administer justice
and fair redressal solution to their legal problems. According to the equity principle, a
contract for legal mortgage has been made between the parties to authorise the parties to
perform certain rights and responsibilities laid down under the contractual agreement.
In the given situation, Liam is entitled to claim for the interest to cover the arrears amount
of £25,000 from Katherine. The equity law defines the legal and equitable mortgage and the
charges paid on the property. The term “Mortgage” confers an interest on property in order to
discharge obligation to pay the debt. There is another term called” charge” which is quite
related to the mortgage. The major difference between the mortgage and charge are based on
the security for the payment of debt. The charge is generally given on the property as a
special interest in that occupied property. The Liam can ensure their security and can be
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created to prioritised the use of that agreement. There are certain obligation of the Mortgagor
define under equity law of the United Kingdom. She is obliged to repair and insure the
property and can impose restriction to let it. The common law also provides certain remedies
to mortgagee also. The right of the mortgagee includes possession of land, appointment of
receiver to administer the value of property. Also, can sell the land without the court's
permission. The dues which was unpaid by the Katherine impose duty on her to pays ff all his
arrears otherwise , Liam can claim interest in the house (Miller, 2020). He was the
beneficiary in the property and entitled to have financial share in the property. Though he is
not legal owner but can proceeds with the share of sale and rental income arise from that
property. Liam is entitled to ownership according to the share he is contributed in the
property. The percentage of share may vary due to increase and decrease in the value of
prices of the property. There are three ways to determine the beneficial interest in the
property. It includes:
 Express Declaration of Interest: In this, the declaration of beneficial interest can be
made through in writing into the agreement. The legal owner can take share in the
property by signing a trust deed which is also called as co habitants agreement. The
basic trust deed is the standard declaration that defines the percentage of interest of
the beneficial interest in that property. It refers to the most effective way to highlight
the intention of the owner of the property. There are various kinds of trust deed that
are specifically defines the rights and obligation of the parties involves in such
agreement. However, such transfer of ownership can be transferred through deed of
assignment. In such deed, the owner can be legal and non legal.
 Resulting Trust: It includes implies transfer of property when there is no express
trust. In this, the property is sends back to the the person who used the property as
trust.
 Constructive trust: This kind of trust includes party who is not actually contributes
in the purchase of the property but have general interest in such property. The Court
determines the behaviour of the parties to identify the trustee of such property.
There are certain legislation in the UK equity law system that identifies the beneficial interest
in property.
 Trustees of land and Appointment of trustees Act, 1996
 Civil Partnership Act, 2004.
Legal interest of person can be developed by creation of correct legal formalities. Legal
theories has been developed to identify the bundles of rights that are essential to secure the
rights of the trustee and beneficiary. The right associated with the property includes
enjoyment, transfer and possession which provide wider protection to the actual owner and
co owner of the property. The characteristics of equitable rights under a trust deals with
grater importance to enforce the legal rights and remedies for its infringement. The equitable
ownership can be created only when it is made for bona fide intention and allows the
beneficiary to take legal action for against the beneficiary if he is violated any of the rights of
the trustee. The legal body legislate the strong law for the protection of the rights related to
property law. In the case of Shell UK Ltd v. Total UK Ltd , The Court held that the breach
of legal rights due to trespass in the property make person liable and tortfeasor who
communicate with the beneficiary for causing theft in the house. Therefore, the claim can be
made to sue the third parties. There has wide significance that determines the property of
share in the property. Liam is the beneficiary of the said property and retain the benefits to
make relationship of beneficiary and trust in mortgage property.
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(b) The equity law deals with the procedure of fairness. It is based on the rues and
principles of common law to build trust . Trust law is a set of rules and regulation that secure
the rights of the owner and affairs related to it. Katherine is entitled to relay the amount of the
trust as deed of trust is made to secure money and investment made on any property. It is
made to determine the intention of the contracting parties to maintain use, sell and let out the
property. The Trust deed was prepared by the solicitor appointed by them. The express trust
deed defines the rights and responsibility of the [arty towards each other. Trust law provides
detailed information about the remedies and obligation arises put of the made agreement.
Katherine can still repay the amount by depositing the remaining amount to protect the
property. The UK legislation has made new draft to widened the scope of property law as it
includes inheritance tax and other charges. A trust is usually set up by establishing the
promise to pay debt. The trustee is obliged to invest the amount for repayment of loan. A
trust deed is said to be voluntary agreement that authorise the parties to pay a regular amount
of mainly and debts in lamp sum or at a fixed rate to write off all the dues. A trust deed is not
protected until the Katherine will not repay the loan amount. The Katherine has multiple
option to pay the debts and it includes:
 Debts: She is obliged to pay more than £5000 or more.
 Regular payments: She can go for regular contribution to pay debts by let out the
property and rental income can be a one of the source for her repayment of loan.
 Belonging and property: The saving and investment from various sources can be
one of the source for paying the income amount.
There are few option that allows Katherine to repay the trust. A trust is said to be fiduciary
relationship that arises due to hold the property and asset and for the benefit of beneficiary.
The loan can be repay to settlor (McLay, 2021). How to read New Zealand's new Trust Act
2019-(2020) 13 Journal of Equity 325. Avai. The outstanding loan of the Katherine puts legal
obligation to pay debts. In the International Convention on law of trust established the
concept of Equity and in Hague Convention on Law of Trusts has been incorporated into English
Law by the UK. According to Article 2 of the International Convention defines the trust as it includes legal
relationship creates by ancestral property and through transfer to carry out specified purpose. There are
following features of trust defines under Internation al Convention are mentioned below:
 It is like a investment
 It is made on the name of trustee
 It provides certain powers and responsibility .
In the case of Davidson v Seelig [2016] EWHC 549, the Court held that Trustee Act of 1925
deals with the appointment of the new trustee to make a trust agreement must include
contract in writing and intention of the parties must highlight ion the contract. The asset can
be transferred as per the claim made by the parties.
The Court laid down certain powers to add beneficiaries into trust agreement to settle the
matter according to the principal beneficiary.
The Trust law is the foundation stone of equity law and helps to arrange the asset of the
parties. The settlor is responsible for handle all the affairs and dispute arise in relation of
management, use and sell of the properties are managed with the help legislative statutes and
enforcement bodies. According to Trustee Act of 2000 an amended provision , allows the
trustee and beneficiary to adjust the funds for the repayment of loans. The agreement of trust
deed can be valid if there is consideration to make it legal one. The trust law also provides
exclusion clause to then parties which exclude the parties from any liability.
There is another concept in the given situation that will be applicable related to the right of
redemption that entitles to pay off the debts and passed back the title to it . According to this,
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The defaulted parties are allowed to reclaim their property by paying the amount due in the
form of penalties and interest (Nadler, 2021) . Katherine can exercise the right of redemption
as it is a legal process that enables the defaulter to reclaim her home again and to pay the
amount on time. It makes an individual to serves the collateral security to obtain mortgage
home. She can exercised this right during the redemption period before the foreclosure
proceedings. It is said to be an statutory rights of the person to pay off all the dues and debts
to reduce the penalties and fees charges on the mortgage property. Therefore, right to redeem
offers fairness and equity to the purpose of mortgage agreement. In the case of Salt v
Marquess of Northampton [1892] AC 1), the Court held that the principle of equity allows
the mortgagor to redeem even after the fixed date defined by the mortgage agreement. This
remedies is discretionary in nature. Therefore, the remedies provides with the intention to
secure the legal rights of the person. The trust law is made to apply the principle of equity
and natural justice on the UK citizens.
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Cabarle, C., 2018, August. Using Benford's Law to Predict the Risk of Financial Statement
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Chaisse, J., 2022. The Function of Equity in International Law.
Cottier, T., 2019. Equity in International Law. In Intergenerational Equity (pp. 11-31). Brill
Nijhoff.
Freeman, M. and Pullar, Z., 2022. Equity: now assisting volunteers? A case comment on
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to Market. Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies, 21(1), pp.37-49.
Nadler, J., 2021. What is Distinctive about the Law of Equity?. Oxford Journal of Legal
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QUESTION 4
Approaching retirement, Angela was advised to make lifetime gifts to her family and
friends for tax reasons, and subsequently took the following steps:
(a) Angela owned a holiday cottage in Pembroke. The roof of the cottage was
being repaired following a violent storm. Whilst the building work was ongoing,
she wrote to her son, Brian, saying “I am planning to gift you my holiday
cottage in Pembrokeshire once the current building work is finished”.
The building work was finished three weeks later, but no further steps in
relation to the cottage were taken.
(b) Angela owned 100 shares in Blue Arrow Limited. She telephoned her niece,
Charlotte, and told her that she would hold 60 of those shares on trust for
Charlotte until she reached the age of 25. She took no further steps.
(c) Angela telephoned her brother, David. She told David that she wanted the two
of them to distribute her paintings to such of her children and grandchildren as
they saw fit. David agreed. Angela did not take any further action.
(d) Angela telephoned her stockbroker, who managed a portfolio of shares on
bare trust for her. She asked the stockbroker to continue to manage the
portfolio for the benefit of her nephew, Edward.
Angela intended to tell Edward about the portfolio of shares but never got
around to it.
(e) Angela sent a spare key to her house to her other niece, Harriet. The
accompanying letter said, “You are to have the antique Chinese vase in my
living room. Next time you are passing my house, call in and collect it”. Harriet
collected the vase on a day when Angela was not at home.
Angela has just died. In her valid will, she appointed Brian to act as her executor and
left everything to the charity, Save the Children UK.
Advise Brian whether the above dispositions were valid and, if not, what will
happen to the property.
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Deposition is made by an individual during their lifespan, which involves the sale, gifts, any loans or
any strong point credit or resources which are commendatory, the temperament of the deposition
which is provided in to any certain joint names or can be categorized as gifts given at the time of
individual laying on the death bed. In the shredded light on the definition of disposition was
concluded in the case of Neville v Wilson (1996), it states deposition is an reasonable interests that
happened where the fair dividends exist eventually solely before
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the proceedings of the negotiation and continue to dwell separately after the undertaking of the
affair, but it does have dissimilar possessors before and after the proceedings of the transaction.
In the fairness legalities of the trust and estate law, a deposition will be considered as a gift
of the disposal of the attributes , which include, the property, valuable items or any other
resourceful goods tangible or intangible, which can individual will be giving to another individual. In
order to let know the validity of the deposition, the determination process can be done under the
scope three particular certitude, this state of beyond doubt clearly will catch the sight of the
application of truth which will be undermining, the value or grounds of trusts and if the thrust
applied can be valuable in the court of law.
The facts of the case states, that the deposition which was apparently carried on by Angela after her
retirement, she disposed her valuable goods and the property, in the following stages:
 The holiday villa, which was owned by Angela in Pembroke, which will be going to her son
Brian, (as it was in the middle of construction)
 The 100 shares of Blue Arrow Ltd, will be disposing to Angels's niece Charlotte, she will be
owning 60 shares of the company as she turn 25 year old.
 Angela had a conversation with the brother David, that the paintings she own, they can
together distribution depends upon their discretion to their children and grandchild.
 In the conversation of Angela and her stockbroker , Angela needed the stockbroker to
manage her share account for her nephew Edward (Edward never got to know about it)
 the possession of the antique Chinese vase, was to be taken in by her niece Harriet, but the
note which was left by Angela, clearly says that call in before you come to the house (as
Harriet has the spare key) , but she went in when Angela was not at home, and took the
vase.
According to the Section 53 (1) (c), prescribes that the disposition of the fair handed
interests (equitable trusts) will be getting through at the exact time of the disposition, the
occurrence of the transference mus shall be writing and further signed by the individual who is doing
the transference or the transference can be done by the aid of the agent concluded legally
countenance in writing or by will. The objective of the procedure will allow the tax dominion, to set
up a defined delineation,which will differentiating the productive and non- productive dispositions
for the tax procedures, to the crucial point it will nip the bud, to fend off any inadvertent
transference of the assets done orally.
In the purview of the Land Registration Act, 2022, and The Wills Act,1837 involving the
cross heading changes in the regulation of the directed legal statue , there are some prescribed the
characteristics of will , which includes :
 It should be deliberately given.
 It must be in a written format, expressed by typing or handwriting, but the express format
for the will is essential.
 The deceased must signed and authorize the will
 The signed and sealed of the will must be recognized by at least two witness, it is advised
that the guarantee must be act as a spectator as well.
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 The deceased at the time of making the will , must be of sane mind
 It must prevailed names of the heiress ,which will be recognized in the will
 Assimilation of the property must be done
In the case of Grey v IRC (1960) Mr Hunter entrenched six trusts, and each of them were
determined to be given Mr. Hunter's grandchildren. Mr. Hunter individually disposed shares to the
executor in order to take the shares and dictated the transference orally to settle the shares on the
scope for he trust . The judge advised that the Mr. Hunter commanded that the shares of the
equitable trusts endowed in himself, if in the case is endowed to another individuals , this entire
process is known as disposition.
There are determined four pivotal junctures to comprehend in what case, the disposition of
the valuable goods or estate (assets) will be calling into question under the purview of Section 53 (1)
(c),
which recognized authorities will be swaying over, on the plausible transference, As determined in
the Akers case, far since managing the resources or the benefited credits with the locale that will
solely does not recognize as trusts or impartial title, it does not needing to be required with the
formulations of the authorities of the England and Wales, for the transference of the equity trusts
title. Remembering the transference occurred in the case of Grey, the application of section 53 (1)
(c) , it does reflects the meaning of the contingent interests, the gross definition of the deposition ,
it is indeed noteworthy, (Stephens, K.R., 2019)that the interest of the benefits must be abiding at
the time of the transference of the assets.
In the findings with the accordance of the above facts of the case , Angela who is
considerably as the testator, given the following properties and other valuable resources to her
family , the above mentioned components for the will does not add up with the facts of the case ,
whereas the 'will' be determined as a valid will , when it is in written or typed format .
The facts of the case states , the telephonic conversation between Angela and her family
members to whom , she was disposing the feature attributed of her property. Much likely, it can be
seen , that there was no written format of the will and as well as there was not witness to support
the will and the further transaction of the transference.
The statements which was called out in question to advise Brian, son of Angela, that the
above disposition which were on a mere phone conversation done by Angela to the parties, are not
valid as they does not full fill the components of the will, mentioned above.
Furthermore, to it the property went the charity has been done by the executor itself , if not,
then the attributes and the will can challenged in the court.
If the scenario , if the will does not got the individuals which are desired by the descendant, or the
testator dies as intestate, then there can be in indeed of the professional help , in order to attain the
benefits of the will . The recoding of the will shall be commenced if it is fully incorporates and
recognized by the authority. There must be a whole amount of evidence that the will is made
without any duress and it is taken into account on the voluntarily methods of the testator,
The permit of the court of law is mandatory for the individual to get through the enjoyment of the
will, for the heiress or the deserving parties who have the sole right on the attributes of the will .
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Deposition will help out in managing all the growth and the attesting through which
the affected areas and the ways through which subscribed nature and the ways in which the
incorporation is managed. Their is been drawn that all the holographic areas and the testators
will be complied through vary nature in which the evidence will be underwent and the
adjoining principles and the functions will; be maintained through all the revolutions and the
issues. There is been given that for managing the prove and the evidence there is compiled to
manage the effective growth and the principle thorough which the vary principles are
undertaken. Thorough all such work and the credential proof through all such nature and the
ways by which the witness who majorly resides in all such areas will be complied with
general nature and p[principles and further nominee the growth and the effective culture with
the adjourning principles.; this complies to have all such examination and the discovery with
which the growth and the work in reaction to the major compliance and there analogy is
being comprehended. There is swarm out all such laws and the effective principles which
draws and manage the general riles and the valid principles.
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Hincapié-Salazar, J. and Agudelo, D.A., 2020. Is the disposition effect in bonds as strong as
in stocks? Evidence from an emerging market. Global Finance Journal, 46,
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Markell, B.A., 2020. Courting Equity in Bankruptcy. Am. Bankr. LJ, 94, p.227.
Derrett, J.D.M., 2021. Justice, equity and good conscience. In Changing law in developing
countries (pp. 114-153). Routledge.
Nadler, J., 2021. What is Distinctive about the Law of Equity?. Oxford Journal of Legal
Studies, 41(3), pp.854-872.
Swadling, W., 2019. Trusts without equity in the common law. Zeitschrift für Vergleichende
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In 2019 ESIL Annual Research Forum, Goettingen (pp. 4-5).
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QUESTION 5
You have been instructed to advise on the following matters.
A few weeks ago, Stephen told his girlfriend, Hannah, that he intended to gift her his
second home in Tewkesbury. He asked his solicitor to draw up the necessary legal
documents. The solicitor sent Stephen a deed of transfer asking Stephen to sign it
but did not say that it also needed to be witnessed. Stephen signed the deed as
instructed and sent this onto Hannah telling her that she would need to get herself
registered. Hannah’s friend, Jeremy, who is a tax adviser, told Hannah that she
would have to pay tax on the transfer of the home and calculated that this would
amount to £6,000. Hannah has paid this sum to HM Revenue & Customs. She has
not yet sent the transfer deed to Land Registry, as she thought she had to sort out
the tax first.
Stephen has changed his mind and does not want the gift of the home to complete.
He has double-checked and Land Registry have advised that Stephen is still
registered as the legal proprietor.
(a) Advise Stephen whether it is too late for him to change his mind about
gifting the home in Tewkesbury to Hannah.
Stephen is also a shareholder of EasyLets UK Limited (“EasyLets”), a property
management company. The company has recently gone into liquidation.
Two months ago, Stephen was speaking to Harold, the director of Total Plumbing
Ltd. Harold told Stephen that EasyLets was not paying invoices as quickly as it used
to.
Worried that EasyLets might get a bad reputation for not paying contractors on time,
Stephen agreed to lend the sum of £45,000 to EasyLets for the sole purpose of
paying Total Plumbing’s invoices. The directors of EasyLets paid the £45,000 into
the company’s general trading account.
EasyLets used all of the money to pay Total Plumbing’s invoices. However, one
payment of £8,000 was for work that was scheduled to be done two weeks after
EasyLets went into liquidation. Total Plumbing have just advised that they no longer
intend to carry out that work and have refunded the sum of £8,000 to the company.
(b) Advise Stephen whether he is likely to get any of his £45,000 back from
EasyLets.
Before going into liquidation, EasyLets managed rented buildings on behalf of
landlords. Tenants had to pay deposits to EasyLets at the start of any tenancy. The
deposits would be paid back at the end minus any sums used to pay for damage or
breakages.
Four months ago, wanting to protect tenants’ deposits, the directors opened up a
new bank account called “Tenant Deposits (No 1) Account” into which it transferred
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all existing deposits. All deposits in the last 4 months were also paid into that
account. At liquidation, the account held £50,000.
(c) Explain whether the tenants have any prior claim to the balance in the
Tenant Deposits (No 1) Account.
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QUESTION 6
Two years ago, Margaret died. In her valid will, she left:
 £400,000 cash (the ‘Trust Money’); and
 A 40% shareholding in Jupiter Finance Ltd (the ‘Trust Shares’)
on trust for “my husband for life, remainder to such of my children who reach the age
of 25 years”. She appointed Naomi and Oscar to act as trustees. She left her
residuary estate to The British Red Cross, a UK charity. There are no other relevant
administrative provisions in the will pertaining to this trust. Margaret was survived by
her husband, Peter, and their only child, Rebecca (now aged 21).
A couple of months ago, Peter and Rebecca wrote jointly to Naomi and Oscar asking
whether:
 Peter could be paid the sum of £10,000 so that he could go on a three-week
holiday to Hawaii.
 Rebecca could receive the sum of £50,000 to help her set up an online herbal
business.
Naomi and Oscar responded by saying that, in accordance with Margaret’s wishes,
only Peter could receive any money from the trust during his lifetime. They would
therefore make a capital payment of £10,000 to Peter, but had no option but to reject
Rebecca’s request for £50,000.
Feeling annoyed that her request had been rejected, Rebecca went round to see
Oscar. She noticed a new Mercedes car parked outside Oscar’s house. Oscar told
Rebecca that he had bought the car using the salary he gets as a director of Jupiter
Finance Ltd. Just over a year ago, Oscar thought it best that he become a director so
that he could look after the Trust Shares. As well as using the voting rights attaching
to the Trust Shares, Oscar managed to persuade another shareholder with a 30%
stake in the company to vote in favour of his appointment.
Rebecca asked Oscar how Jupiter Finance Ltd was performing financially. Oscar
said it was performing well, but took up a lot of time. Just over a year ago, he
therefore executed a power of attorney in favour of his friend, Vivienne, to whom he
delegated all of his trustee functions for a 12-month period. He told Vivienne that she
would have to look into doing something with the Trust Money given current low-
interest rates. When the power of attorney came to an end two weeks ago, Vivienne
told Oscar that she never got round to discussing the Trust Money with Naomi and it
was still sitting in an internet savings account. Oscar said that he was not to blame
for this, and told Rebecca that she would have to speak to Naomi and Vivienne
about this.
Rebecca is furious with Oscar. She would like to get rid of him as a trustee. Peter
has never liked him so would be more than happy to see the back of him.
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Advise Peter and Rebecca:
(a) whether the trustees were right to agree to pay Peter £10,000 and refuse
to pay Rebecca £50,000;
(b) whether the beneficiaries have any claims they can bring against Oscar
in relation to him keeping his director’s salary from Jupiter Finance Ltd;
(c) whether the failure to do anything with the Trust Money (the cash sum of
£400,000) amounts to a breach of trust and, if so, whether Oscar is liable
for that failure; and
(d) whether they can remove Oscar as a trustee.
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