Equity & Trusts Final Exam Flowchart – The Map Through the Maze

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Equity & Trusts Final Flowchart – Smart, Structured, and Exam-Ready Equity is widely regarded as one of the most complex subjects in law school — loaded with detailed doctrines, over 300 cases, and nuanced distinctions. These notes are designed specifically for the UNSW JURD7285 Equity & Trusts final exam to help you save time, stay focused, and answer with confidence. This flowchart-based summary distills what you actually need in an exam: clear, logical scaffolds for IRAC application, rapid issue-spotting, and integrated case-law references. ✅ What’s Inside – Topic Coverage Includes: 1. Fiduciary Obligations • Existence, scope, core duties (no profit, no conflict), defences, and remedies 2. Express, Resulting, and Constructive Trusts • 3 certainties, formalities, types of constructive trusts, presumption of advancement 3. Trustee Duties and Powers • Creation, performance, enforcement, breach of trust, defences to breach 4. Tracing Rules • Mixed accounts, lowest intermediate balance, proprietary remedies 5. Third-Party Liability (Barnes v Addy) • Knowing receipt, knowing assistance, Baden scale 6. Assignments & Priorities • Legal vs equitable property, chose in action, notice, PPSA priorities 7. Equitable Remedies • Specific performance, injunction, equitable compensation, account of profits 8. Bars to Relief • Laches, acquiescence, unclean hands, third-party rights 🧠 Why It Works: • Visual layout mimics exam logic — one glance, one structure, one answer • Includes critical authorities and pinpoint tests (, Keech, Boardman, Re Hallett, Farah) • Eliminates information overload: only relevant content, no clutter 📘 Perfect for: • Law students preparing for Equity & Trusts exams • Those who struggle with structuring complex answers under pressure • Anyone wanting a fast, reliable tool to maximise marks in a time-pressured exam setting