Titles in the Core Text series take the reader straight to the heart of the subject, providing focused, concise, and reliable guides for students at all levels. This chapter focuses on constructive trusts, which are trusts that arise by operation of law. It identifies the variety of circumstances in which a constructive trust may arise, and discusses two important examples of constructive trusts: the vendor-purchaser constructive trust and the common intention constructive trust. More broadly, the chapter considers the role of the common intention constructive trust, equitable accounting, and the proprietary estoppel in determining interests under informal arrangements concerning family property.
