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Hague Trusts Convention: Scope, Application and Preliminary Issues
Hague Trusts Convention Scope Application and Preliminary Issues Author:Jonathan Harris This book is the first published in England to devote itself to a detailed analysis of The Hague Trusts Convention. The Convention was enacted into English law by the Recognition of Trusts Act 1987, and provides harmonised choice of law rules for "trusts created voluntarily and evidenced in writing." It also provides for the recognition of... more » trusts in Contracting States. The book is aimed at academics and practitioners; at private international lawyers and at trust lawyers. Frequent reference is made to the position in civil law states (especially in the Contracting States of Italy and the Netherlands) and in other trust states, both offshore and onshore. The Hague Trusts Convention deals with the operation of the trust itself. It does not deal with the preliminary steps needed to create a trust. These preliminary matters raise highly complex and uncharted choice of law issues. Detailed discussion of these matters is also provided, and appropriate solutions suggested.« less