Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

1-2005

Abstract

There is a dearth of authority and in-depth discussion concerning what the choice of law rules are for claims involving the assertion that property is held on a resulting or constructive trust. It is usually thought that the choice of law rules set out by the Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition (hereafter the ‘Hague Trusts Convention’), as enacted into English law by the Recognition of Trusts Act 1987, apply. However, it is arguable that this is not so for some types of resulting and constructive trusts, namely those governed by a foreign law; or, at the very least, that some doubt exists as to whether the Hague choice of lawrules apply to all resulting and constructive trusts. It is therefore important that the common law choice of law rules for such trusts is clearly elucidated. Unfortunately, this is an area of the law that is distinctly undeveloped. The aim of this article is to consider what are or should be the common law choice of law rules for resulting and constructive trusts.

Keywords

Choice of Law and Trusts

Discipline

Common Law | Property Law and Real Estate

Publication

International and Comparative Law Quarterly

Volume

54

Issue

4

First Page

855

Last Page

883

ISSN

0020-5893

Identifier

10.1093/iclq/lei040

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

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Author

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1093/iclq/lei040

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