Equity Today

Ben McFarlane is Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford, UK. Steven Elliott KC is a barrister practising at One Essex Court, UK.

Preface
List of Contributors
Table of Cases
Table of Legislation
PART I
EQUITY AND EQUITIES
1. The Persistence of Equity: Lessons from the Trust
Ben McFarlane
2. Equity’s Gloss on Authority
Jessica Hudson
3. Section 25(6) of the Judicature Act 1873: A ‘Procedural’ Approach
C.H. Tham
4. Equity and the Land Registration Act 2002: Form, Conscience, and the Judiciary
Aruna Nair
PART II
MAXIMS AND DOCTRINES
5. The Mischief of Maxims
William Swadling
PART III
EQUITABLE PROTECTION
6. Loose Ends in Accounting for Profits
Lord Briggs of Westbourne
7. Judicature and Accounts
Matthew Conaglen
PART IV
EQUITABLE REMEDIES
8. Equitable Damages
The Honourable Justice Edelman
9. The Basic Structure of Rescission
Steven Elliott KC
10. When are Negotiating Damages Available?
John MCGhee KC
11. Specific Performance and the Reflective Loss Rule
Janet O’Sullivan
12. Freezing Orders: Casting Off the Shackles of The Siskina?
Paul S Davies
PART V
TRUSTS
13. Bankruptcy Protection for Trusts before the Judicature Acts
David Fox
PART VI
ADMINISTRATION OF ASSETS
14. Wasting Away: Devastavit and the Judicature Act 1873
Simon Douglas
PART VII
SECURITIES
15. Equity in Codified Secured Transactions Law
Magda Raczynska
PART VIII
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
16. equity is not Equity
Alexandra Popovici and Lionel Smith
17. Equitable Meta-Law: The Spectrum of Property
Henry E Smith
18. Certainty of Loss of Chance in Equity
Simone Degeling
19. Dishonesty and Unconscionability in Contractual Performance – A Role for Equity?
The Honourable Madam Justice Mary V Newbury
20. Equity in Commerce: Too Much and Too Little?
Man Yip
Index