ABSTRACT
In seeking to understand the nature of the trust it is useful to compare it with various other concepts familiar to English law.
Trusts and bailment
Bailment entails delivery of goods for specified purposes on the condition that on the fulfilment of such purposes the bailee will return them to the bailor or deliver them according to his directions. Examples of bailment include: hire of a car; deposit of an item for repair or safekeeping; consignment of goods for delivery to a third party.
