What is Equity
What is Equity?
Equity means a set of rules and doctrines that have built up side by side to the common law by the Court of Chancery. The Judicature Acts of 1873-1875 merged the common law courts with the Court of Chancery and established a single High Court and Court of Appeal that could apply both common law and equity principles and remedies. In situations of conflict, justice wins.
Jessel MR stated in Salt v Cooper [1880] 16 Ch D 544 in order to prevent situations where courts might face conflicts between the two systems, Section 25 of the Judiciary Act 1873 established:
‘Generally, in all matters not hereinbefore mentioned in which there is a conflict or variance between the rules of equity and the rules of common law with reference to the same matter, the rules of equity shall prevail.’
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