Rectification – Re-write the contract bc it doesn’t reflect what was agreed Injunction – ask someone to do something

Specific performance – give you something Give you my house as a gift = cannot claim ER if I now don’t give you the house as no Equity will not assist a volunteer – have to of given consideration if want ER – e if I.Delay Defeats Equity Leaf v International Galleries 1950 – need to act quickly – C purchased a pic, believed it was painted by famous artist, discovered it was fake = wanted to return painting (recession) – court said no – 5 years to0 long.He who seeks equity must do equity Chappell v Times Newspapers 1975.He who comes to equity must come with clean hands D&C Builders v Rees 1966 – Rees did not have clean hands = no equitable defence Equity follows the law – not there to overrule common law Equity will not suffer a wrong w/o a remedy Judicature Acts fused the administration of equity and common law Rigid – Dicken’s Bleak House Jarndyce v Jarndyce large inheritance which dragged on – highlighting problems in By 19th Century = equity had developed case law and recognised principles = also 1615 = Earl of Oxford’s case – Where there is conflict between equity and the Common lawyers = unhappy equity restricted their jurisdictions The law depends on the size of the Chancellor’s foot Precedents not followed as in the Common Law courts LC verdict = based on his own moral view – enforcement of rights not recognised by By 1474 = LC would be petitioned directly – Chancery court – oral evidence Dissatisfied litigants would petition the King who passed decisions to the Lord Writ = legal order – do something or not do Developed following Norman Conquest 1066 Cases Statutes Equity and Trusts Lecture 1 - IMPORTANT

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