Equity and Trusts Tutor: Online Revision and Assessment Support

Build three separate boxes in your notes: the three certainties, applicable formalities, and constitution. The SRA's Trusts Law coverage treats these as distinct topics; use that separation as a revision aid, not as a substitute for your degree syllabus. [1]

For land, section 53(1)(b) requires a declaration of trust to be manifested and proved by signed writing. Section 53(1)(c) addresses dispositions of subsisting equitable interests differently. Section 53(2) preserves resulting, implied and constructive trusts. Avoid reducing all three provisions to 'every trust needs writing'. [3]

In practice, annotate the words used, identify the property and intended beneficiaries, then describe the transaction. Explaining your route aloud can reveal whether you are confusing evidence of a declaration with transfer of title.

Check your module list before prioritising express trusts, beneficial interests, resulting and constructive trusts, charitable purposes, fiduciary obligations, trustee liability and tracing. These appear in official SQE1 Trusts Law coverage, but degree modules may select different topics or require deeper theoretical debate. Trusts Law is in FLK2, not FLK1. [1]

Keep powers and duties apart. For investment revision, distinguish permission to invest from section 4's suitability, appropriate diversification and periodic review requirements. Section 5 normally requires proper advice, but includes an exception where obtaining it is reasonably judged unnecessary or inappropriate. [2]

Make remedies a separate final branch. In FHR European Ventures v Cedar Capital, the court held that an agent's bribe or secret commission is held on trust for the principal, illustrating why personal and proprietary remedies must not be treated as interchangeable. [4]

Start with a closed-book diagnostic: explain one trust-creation issue and plan one trustee-duty problem. Mark the exact point where your reasoning becomes uncertain. Is the gap recall, rule selection, factual application or timing? Choose one priority for tuition rather than asking to cover the whole module at once.

Use a repeatable weekly cycle. First, condense a topic into a one-page checklist. Next, retrieve its rules without notes. Then apply them to an original scenario under your assessment's timing conditions. Finish by comparing your answer with primary sources and authorised course guidance, and rewrite the weakest paragraph yourself.

Maintain an error log with the mistaken rule, the fact you overlooked and your corrected reasoning. Revisit it before the next timed attempt; keep reading time proportionate to the gaps you actually found.

For a problem question, begin with a party-and-property map. Work through each disputed transaction, state the relevant test, apply specific facts, address a plausible alternative and give a qualified conclusion. Do not paste every remembered doctrine into every dispute. Leave time to explain the remedy sought rather than ending at 'breach'.

For an essay, identify the proposition you will defend before selecting authorities. Distinguish what the law is from your evaluation of it. The reasoning in FHR provides a useful example of an argument weighing principle, practicality and earlier authority. [4]

For SQE1 preparation, use the official FLK2 specification to practise applying core rules to realistic client-based and ethical situations. [1] For a degree practical task, check the required document and marking criteria first; neither format should automatically be treated as a conventional essay.

Before arranging tuition, share your level, jurisdiction, topic list, assessment format and a short self-written practice attempt. Remove personal details and use only materials you are permitted to share. Ask whether the proposed tutor can support your particular Equity and Trusts topics, rather than relying on general law experience alone.

Agree a narrow session goal: distinguishing two formalities provisions, planning a fiduciary-duty answer, or applying investment duties to new facts. An online session can use a shared ownership diagram and a short timed paragraph, followed by feedback on your reasoning.

End with a task you can complete unaided and a way to check it. If you can already diagnose and correct your mistakes using course feedback and primary materials, further paid sessions may not be necessary.

The published range is £99–£229 per hour, not a fixed fee for this module. Confirm the actual tutor match, hourly rate, session length and booking terms before committing. Ask how the proposed support addresses your identified gap and set a budget based on that goal, not on an assumed number of lessons.

Tuition supports learning, revision planning and feedback on permitted practice work. It does not include writing live assessed answers, completing submissions for you or providing legal advice for a client's dispute. Check your institution's rules before sharing assessed material. No particular mark or outcome is promised.