in bankruptcy - making many more claimants secured creditors, and thus making the position of a secured creditor much less valuable. It is imperative to prove intention because equity will not assist a volunteer and is suspicious of gifts. Except under certain circumstances such as a parent and child or spouse. Resulting trusts in South Africa In South Africa there is no doctrine of resulting trusts, and the main remedy, if any of the trust purposes should fail, would be as an unjust enrichment, per Westdeutsche Landesbank v Council of London Borough of Islington. See also Pettitt v Pettitt [1970] AC 777 References Wills and trusts Equity (law)