TRUST PROPERTY: A LEGAL LINK BETWEEN TRUST PROPERTY AND TRUSTEE UNDER THE NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM

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RUST PROPERTY: A LEGAL LINK BETWEEN TRUST PROPERTY AND TRUSTEE UNDER THE NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM

ABSTRACT

According to the Blacks law dictionary, 6th edition trust property is defined as any money or property set aside as a trust for the benefit of another and held by a trustee. The trustee is the person vested with the right to hold property in trust on behalf of another called the beneficiary.
The essence of trust relationship is to enable a testator/ settlor who own a legal estate to be able to cater for his immediate family members or his dependants after his demise.
For a trust relationship to be properly constituted, the trust property must be vested in the trustee. The legal link between the trustee and the trust property is the act of vesting the trust property in the trustee. Where this has been properly done, the trustee will be able to deal with the trust property accordingly.
A beneficiary can only lay claim to a trust property that has been properly vested in the trustee. Hence the necessity of examining the legal link between the trust property and the trustee under the Nigerian legal system is sine qua non in order to be able to establish the scope of the operation of trustees in administering trust property under a trust relationship

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CASES

TABLE OF STATUTES

LISTS OF ABBREVIATIONS

CHAPTER 1

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

100: INTRODUCTION

110: BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

120: OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

130: FOCUS OF THE STUDY

140: SCOPE OF THE STUDY

150: METHODOLOGY

160: LITERATURE REVIEW

170: DEFINITION OF TERMS (IF ANY)

180: CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 2

CONCEPT OF TRUST UNDER THE NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM

200: INTRODUCTION

210: HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE CONCEPT OF TRUST

220: TRUST AND OTHER LEGAL RELATIONSHIPS

221: TRUST AND AGENCY

222: TRUST AND BAILMENT

223: TRUST AND CONTRACT

224: TRUST AND POWER OF APPOINTMENT

230: COMPLETELY AND INCOMPLETELY CONSTITUTED TRUST

240: CREATION OF TRUSTS

2410: CAPACITY TO CREATE A TRUST

2411: INFANTS AND MINORS

2412: PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL INCAPACITY

2413: MARRIED WOMEN

24 14: CORPORATE BODIES

2420: FORMALITIES FOR CREATION OF TRUST

2421: INTERVIVOS TRUST

2422: TRUST CREATED BY WILL

250: ESSENTIALS OF TRUSTS

2510: CERTAINTY OF INTENTION

2511: EFFECT O F UNCERTAINTY OF INTENTION

2520: CERTAINTY OF SUBJECT MATTER

2521: EFFECT OF UNCERTAINTY OF SUBJECT MATTER

2530: CERTAINTY OF OBJECT

2531: EFFECT OF UNCERTAINTY OF OBJEC

260: CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 3

CONCEPT OF TRUSTEE AND TRUST PROPERTY UNDER THE NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM

300: CONCEPT OF TRUSTEE UNDER THE NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM

310: INTRODUCTION

320: CAPACITY TO ACT AS TRUSTEES

321: INFANTS

322: CESTUI QUE TRUST

323: CORPORATIONS

324: PUBLIC TRUSTEES

325: SOLICITOR TO THE TRUST/TRUSTEE

330: NUMBER OF TRUSTEES TO BE APPOINTED

340: TERMINATION OF TRUSTEESHIP

341: DISCLAIMER

342: RETIREMENT

343: REMOVAL

344: DEATH

350: CONCEPT OF TRUST PROPERTY

350: INTRODUCTION

371: WHAT PROPERTY MAY BE HELD ON TRUST

3720: TRACING OF TRUST PROPERTY

3721: TRACING AT COMMON LAW

3722: TRACING IN EQUITY

380: CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 4

THE LEGAL LINK BETWEEN TRUST PROPERTY AND TRUSTEE UNDER THE NIGERIAN LEGAL SYSTEM

400: INTRODUCTION

410 VESTING OF TRUST PROPERTY IN THE TRUSTEE

420: MANAGEMENT OF TRUSTS PROPERTY BY THE TRUSTEE

430: DUTIES OF TRUSTEE OVER TRUSTS PROPERTY

431: GENERAL DUTIES OF A TRUSTEE OVER TRUSTS PROPERTY

432: FIDUCIARY DUTIES OF A TRUSTEE OVER TRUSTS PROPERTY

440: POWERS OF A TRUSTEE OVER THE TRUSTS PROPERTY

450: CONCLUSION

CHAPTER 5

GENERAL CONCLUSION

500: CONCLUSION

510: RECOMMENDATION

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