LAW 1039 · Equity and Trusts (English): Equitable Remedies

Led by F.W. Maitland Simulacrum

Specific performance, injunctions, search orders, freezing injunctions, defences, and damages in lieu — the equitable remedies available when common-law damages are inadequate.

1. Module 1

   Equitable Remedies

   Led by F.W. Maitland Simulacrum

   The question

   When will a court order specific performance rather than award damages, and on what grounds will it refuse? What distinguishes prohibitory from mandatory injunctions, and how do the American Cyanamid guidelines govern interim relief? The module covers specific performance, injunctions, search orders, freezing injunctions, the defences of clean hands, hardship, and delay, damages in lieu under Lord Cairns' Act, and the application of equitable remedies to complex scenarios.

   Outcome

   The student can explain when each equitable remedy is available and when it will be refused, apply the American Cyanamid and Anton Piller principles, identify available defences, and give a reasoned analysis of a complex scenario. (Equitable remedies)

   Sub-units

   1. ○ 1.1 Specific Performance Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   2. ○ 1.2 Injunctions Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   3. ○ 1.3 Search Orders and Freezing Injunctions Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   4. ○ 1.4 Defences, Damages in Lieu, and Application Open this unit → ✓ ↻
   Begin the course → Print certificate of completion