Commonwealth Caribbean Law of Trusts

By Gilbert Kodilinye, MA, LLM, Barrister, Professor of Property Law at the University of the West Indies, and Dr Trevor A Carmichael, QC.

Development and Nature of Trusts; Formalities for the Creation of Trusts; The Three Certainties; Constitution of Trusts; Secret Trusts and Mutual Wills; Resulting Trusts; Constructive Trusts; Non-Charitable Purpose Trusts; Charitable Trusts; Appointment, Retirement and Removal of Trustees; Duties of Trustees; Powers of Trustees; Variation of Trusts; Remedies for Breach of Trust; The Non-Charitable Purpose Trust: Offshore Trust Derivatives and Affiliates; Settlor Control, Forced Heirship and Asset Protection: Continuing Issues of the Offshore Trust Regime; ; Confidentiality and the Regulation of Trust Activity; Trusts and Taxation