Effective disposition of benefit: constitution of trusts

Twinsectra Limited v Yardley [2002] UKHL 12, HL.
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200102/ldjudgmt/jd020321/yardle-1.htm
An important decision in relation to the 'Quistclose' trust.

A Speirs 'Escape from the Tangled Web' [2002] 3 Web JCLI
http://www.bailii.org/uk/other/journals/WebJCLI/2002/issue3/speirs3.html
An article on Twinsectra Limited v Yardley

Challinor v. Juliet Bellis & Co
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2015/59.html
Court of Appeal on Quistclose trusts

Prest v Petrodel Resources Ltd & Ors [2013] UKSC 34 (12 June 2013)
http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2013/34.html

UK Supreme Court on resulting trust and statutory formalities

Law Commission 'Illegal Transactions: The Effect Of Illegality On Contracts And Trusts' Consultation Paper 154 ( 21 January 1999)
Law Commission 'The Illegality Defence' Consultative Report 189 (23 January 2009) http://lawcommission.justice.gov.uk/areas/illegality.htm

Charity Commission leaflet CC40 - The Attorney General's Guidelines on Disaster Appeals.
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Publications/cc40.aspx

Les Laboratoires Servier & Anor v. Apotex Inc
https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2012-0158.html
Supreme Court on illegality and the reliance principle in resulting trusts

First City Monument Bank Plc v. Zumax Nigeria Ltd (2019)
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2019/294.html
Court of Appeal on Quistclose trusts

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