Property may be legal or equitable. Examples of equitable property typically given include the interest of a beneficiary under a private express trust and that of a partner in partnership assets. However, beneath this answer lies some complexity.
Whilst the notion of equitable property may seem settled and familiar, the true nature of equitable property, the events which create equitable property and the consequences of designating something as equitable property are contested. This topic has broad and contemporary significance including for the law of assignment, understanding beneficiaries’ entitlements under express trusts and superannuation funds, and for modern forms of wealth holding such as in intangible assets such as crypto assets.
This one-day conference brings together expert internationally recognised scholars and practitioners to consider these and other important questions.
The conference will be of particular interest to judges, barristers, solicitors and in-house counsel in commercial dispute resolution, equity and trusts, banking and finance, insolvency and restructuring, infrastructure, property, wills, probate and succession law.
