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LAWS12056 Equity

Course details

This course examines Equity Law, the secondary body of English law as developed by the Courts of Chancery, supplementing the Common Law, together with reform initiatives including the 1873 UK Judicature Act. The course has three main parts. The first part surveys the origins of Equity Law and its contested relationship with the Common Law. The second part addresses: equitable estates and interests; fiduciary relationships and unconscionable transactions. The third part deals with available remedies including declarations, specific performance, injunctions, rescission and damages together with equitable defences.


Course at a glance
Career: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Requisites: Prerequisite: LAWS11057, LAWS11059, LAWS11061 & LAWS11062
Student Contribution Band: 3
EFTSL: 0.12500
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Course availability
Term Campus
This course is not offered for this handbook year
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