What you'll learn


What you actually need to know for the SQE 1 exam for Trusts is explained in this video:

Course content

  Certainty, and certainty of intention (The three certainties of intention, subject matter and objects)
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  What 'certainty of subject-matter' means (The three certainties of intention, subject matter and objects)
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  Treatment of parts of groups of things (Certainty of Subject-Matter)
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  Certainty of beneficial interests (Certainty of Subject-Matter)
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  Fixed interest trusts (Certainty of objects - The three certainties of intention, subject matter and objects)
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  Discretionary trusts (Certainty of objects)
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  Administrative unworkability (Certainty of objects)
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  The beneficiary principle and the rules against perpetuity (Creation and requirements of express trusts)
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  Formalities to create an express inter vivos trusts (Creation and requirements of express trusts)
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  Constitution of express inter vivos trusts and exceptions to the rule that equity will not assist a volunteer (Creation and requirements of express trusts)
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  Fixed interest trusts: vested interests, contingent interests, successive interests & discretionary trusts (Beneficial entitlement)
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  The rule in Saunders v Vautier (Beneficial entitlement)
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  Charitable purpose trusts (The distinction between charitable trusts and non-charitable purpose trusts)
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  Non-Charitable purpose trusts (The distinction between charitable trusts and non-charitable purpose trusts)
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  Presumption of resulting trust (Resulting Trusts - Implied Trusts and Trusts of the Family Home)
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  Purchase money (Resulting Trusts - Implied Trusts and Trusts of the Family Home)
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  The presumption of advancement (Resulting Trusts - Implied Trusts and Trusts of the Family Home)
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  Automatic resulting trusts (Resulting Trusts - Implied Trusts and Trusts of the Family Home)
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  Joint ownership (The Family Home - Implied Trusts and Trusts of the Family Home)
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  Where there is joint ownership of the legal title (The Family Home - Implied Trusts and Trusts of the Family Home)
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  Where the property is held in the sole name of one person (The Family Home - Implied Trusts and Trusts of the Family Home)
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  Inferred common intention with detrimental reliance (The Family Home - Implied Trusts and Trusts of the Family Home)
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  Proprietary Estoppel (The Family Home - Implied Trusts and Trusts of the Family Home)
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  Who can be a trustee; appointment, removal and retirement of trustees (Trustees)
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  Trustees’ statutory power of advancement (Trustees)
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  Trustees’ statutory power of maintenance (Trustees)
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  Can trustees be compelled to exercise their power or discretion? (Trustees)
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  Trustees’ general duties (Trustees)
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  Types of investments (Trustees’ duty to invest (and powers in relation to investment) - Trustees)
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  What investments are authorised under the Trustee Act 2000? (Trustees’ duty to invest (and powers in relation to investment) - Trustees)
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  What duties govern their investments? (Trustees’ duty to invest (and powers in relation to investment) - Trustees)
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  Delegation (Trustees’ duty to invest (and powers in relation to investment) - Trustees)
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  The fiduciary relationship - who are fiduciaries? (The fiduciary relationship and its obligations)
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  The duty not to profit from a fiduciary position or put yourself in a conflict of interest (The fiduciary relationship and its obligations)
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  Can trustees ever receive remuneration from the trust? (The fiduciary relationship and its obligations)
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  The dealing rules (Breaches of fiduciary duty - The fiduciary relationship and its obligations)
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  Competition with the trust (Breaches of fiduciary duty - The fiduciary relationship and its obligations)
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  Incidental profits (Breaches of fiduciary duty - The fiduciary relationship and its obligations)
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  Use of information or opportunities (Breaches of fiduciary duty - The fiduciary relationship and its obligations)
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  Remedies (Breaches of fiduciary duty - The fiduciary relationship and its obligations)
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  Trustees’ liability for breach: Personal claims
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  What are proprietary claims? (Trustees' liability for breach: Proprietary claims)
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  What happens where there has been no change in the trust property? (Trustees' liability for breach: Proprietary claims)
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  What happens where there has been a clean substitution? (Trustees' liability for breach: Proprietary claims)
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  What happens where the trust property is mixed with other property? (Trustees' liability for breach: Proprietary claims)
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  How are withdrawals from a mixed account allocated? (Trustees' liability for breach: Proprietary claims)
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  Liability of strangers to the trust (The nature of equitable remedies and the availability of tracing in equity (remedies against third parties))
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  Accessory liability (Personal claims against strangers - The nature of equitable remedies and the availability of tracing in equity (remedies against third parties))
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  Recipient Liability - Knowing receipt (Personal claims against strangers - The nature of equitable remedies and the availability of tracing in equity (remedies against third parties))
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  Introduction (Equitable proprietary claims against strangers - Personal claims against strangers - The nature of equitable remedies and the availability of tracing in equity (remedies against third parties))
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  Claims against wrongdoers (Equitable proprietary claims against strangers - Personal claims against strangers - The nature of equitable remedies and the availability of tracing in equity (remedies against third parties))
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  Claims against an innocent volunteer (Equitable proprietary claims against strangers - Personal claims against strangers - The nature of equitable remedies and the availability of tracing in equity (remedies against third parties))
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  Defence available to the innocent volunteer (Equitable proprietary claims against strangers - Personal claims against strangers - The nature of equitable remedies and the availability of tracing in equity (remedies against third parties))
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Why sign up?


✅ Focused material: You’ll learn just what you need to know to pass trusts part of the SQE 1 exam - no more and no less - so that you’ll learn faster, in less time, and you avoid getting lost in reams of unnecessary study material.


✅ Practice tests: You can test your knowledge on trusts part of the SQE 1 exam with us as you go along with practice SQE 1 exam questions and worked answers, so that you’re familiar with the exam format and the kinds of questions that could be asked in the SQE 1 exam;


✅ Visual learning: So the course provides unique diagrams on the trusts you won’t find anywhere else, distilling what you need to know for the exam, and videos and manageable, bite-sized colourful study notes. This means you’ll understand the material faster and retain the knowledge longer so you remember it when you’re in the exam.

Your instructor


Hi, I’m Tom, this is to introduce our trusts course for SQE1 exam preparation. I'm a partner in a solicitors firm, and I have also practiced in almost all of the areas covered by the SQE 1 curriculum, both as a barrister in court and also as a partner in a solicitors firm. So I bring to bear a practical angle to the subject material, which I think elevates this course beyond just an academic level, and I make it easier for you to understand the content and pass the SQE 1 exam first time.