70517 Equity and Trusts

This subject deals with the Equity jurisdiction, its doctrines and remedies, and the law of Trusts. The doctrines of Equity developed as a response to defects in the English Common Law system and are based on the concept of 'good conscience'. Equity also developed remedies, such as specific performance and the injunction, which were unknown to the common law and which have a continuing influence in public law as well as private law. In that sense, the doctrines of Equity form part of the law of contract and property. The Equity jurisdiction has also developed the concept of a trust, which allows the conceptual separation of legal and equitable ownership of property.

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Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus