Professor Geraint Thomas's research interests focus upon all aspects of domestic and overseas trusts (including estate planning, taxation of trusts, pension trusts and offshore trusts). Professor Thomas practised at the Chancery Bar for over twenty years. Reported cases include: Re Poulton's Will Trusts (1987) 1 WLR 795 (powers of appointment), Re Drexel Burnham Lambert UK Pension Plan (1995) 1 WLR32 (conflict of interest in pension schemes), Reg v Exeter City Council, Ex parte JL Thomas & Co (1991) 1 QB 471 (judicial review).In addition, Professor Thomas was Professor of Equity and Property Law, Queen Mary University of London from 1998 to 2010 and is a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers.

• Preface ; 1. Introduction: Definitions and Classification ; 2. Rules of Interpretation ; 3. Creation of Powers ; 4. Certainty of Objects ; 5. Powers and the Rules against Perpetuities and Excessive Accumulations ; 6. The Delegation of Powers ; 7. Exercise of Powers ; 8. The Excessive Execution of a Power ; 9. Fraud on a Power ; 10. The Duties of Donees ; 11. Judicial Review of the Exercise of Powers and Discretions ; 12. Conflict of Interests ; 13. Rectification and Rescission ; 14. Contingent and Determinable Powers ; 15. Powers of Revocation ; 16. Powers of Amendment ; 17. Disclaimer, Release and Extinguishment of Powers

Thomas on Powers is a comprehensive study of the rules and principles governing the creation, exercise and termination of powers in private law. Fourteen years after the first edition, Powers remains the only modern monograph dedicated to private law powers in common law. The current edition is an extensive update and expansion of the previous text. It covers all relevant judicial and legislative developments in English law, with reference to cases in other common law jurisdictions, including many offshore jurisdictions ... Thomas maintains an excellent balance between details relevant to practitioners and underlying themes and parallels that are of interest for academic researchers.

Professor Geraint Thomas's research interests focus upon all aspects of domestic and overseas trusts (including estate planning, taxation of trusts, pension trusts and offshore trusts). Professor Thomas practised at the Chancery Bar for over twenty years. Reported cases include: Re Poulton's Will Trusts (1987) 1 WLR 795 (powers of appointment), Re Drexel Burnham Lambert UK Pension Plan (1995) 1 WLR32 (conflict of interest in pension schemes), Reg v Exeter City Council, Ex parte JL Thomas & Co (1991) 1 QB 471 (judicial review).In addition, Professor Thomas was Professor of Equity and Property Law, Queen Mary University of London from 1998 to 2010 and is a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers.

• Preface ; 1. Introduction: Definitions and Classification ; 2. Rules of Interpretation ; 3. Creation of Powers ; 4. Certainty of Objects ; 5. Powers and the Rules against Perpetuities and Excessive Accumulations ; 6. The Delegation of Powers ; 7. Exercise of Powers ; 8. The Excessive Execution of a Power ; 9. Fraud on a Power ; 10. The Duties of Donees ; 11. Judicial Review of the Exercise of Powers and Discretions ; 12. Conflict of Interests ; 13. Rectification and Rescission ; 14. Contingent and Determinable Powers ; 15. Powers of Revocation ; 16. Powers of Amendment ; 17. Disclaimer, Release and Extinguishment of Powers

Thomas on Powers is a comprehensive study of the rules and principles governing the creation, exercise and termination of powers in private law. Fourteen years after the first edition, Powers remains the only modern monograph dedicated to private law powers in common law. The current edition is an extensive update and expansion of the previous text. It covers all relevant judicial and legislative developments in English law, with reference to cases in other common law jurisdictions, including many offshore jurisdictions ... Thomas maintains an excellent balance between details relevant to practitioners and underlying themes and parallels that are of interest for academic researchers.

Professor Geraint Thomas's research interests focus upon all aspects of domestic and overseas trusts (including estate planning, taxation of trusts, pension trusts and offshore trusts). Professor Thomas practised at the Chancery Bar for over twenty years. Reported cases include: Re Poulton's Will Trusts (1987) 1 WLR 795 (powers of appointment), Re Drexel Burnham Lambert UK Pension Plan (1995) 1 WLR32 (conflict of interest in pension schemes), Reg v Exeter City Council, Ex parte JL Thomas & Co (1991) 1 QB 471 (judicial review).In addition, Professor Thomas was Professor of Equity and Property Law, Queen Mary University of London from 1998 to 2010 and is a member of the Association of Pension Lawyers.

• Preface ; 1. Introduction: Definitions and Classification ; 2. Rules of Interpretation ; 3. Creation of Powers ; 4. Certainty of Objects ; 5. Powers and the Rules against Perpetuities and Excessive Accumulations ; 6. The Delegation of Powers ; 7. Exercise of Powers ; 8. The Excessive Execution of a Power ; 9. Fraud on a Power ; 10. The Duties of Donees ; 11. Judicial Review of the Exercise of Powers and Discretions ; 12. Conflict of Interests ; 13. Rectification and Rescission ; 14. Contingent and Determinable Powers ; 15. Powers of Revocation ; 16. Powers of Amendment ; 17. Disclaimer, Release and Extinguishment of Powers

Thomas on Powers is a comprehensive study of the rules and principles governing the creation, exercise and termination of powers in private law. Fourteen years after the first edition, Powers remains the only modern monograph dedicated to private law powers in common law. The current edition is an extensive update and expansion of the previous text. It covers all relevant judicial and legislative developments in English law, with reference to cases in other common law jurisdictions, including many offshore jurisdictions ... Thomas maintains an excellent balance between details relevant to practitioners and underlying themes and parallels that are of interest for academic researchers.