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Title Defences in equity / edited by Paul S Davies, Simon Douglas and James Goudkamp
Published Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2018

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Series Hart studies in private law : essays on defences ; Volume 4
Contents Introduction / Paul S Davies, Simon Douglas and James Goudkamp -- Equitable defences as meta-law / Henry E Smith -- Set-off and the nature of equity / Robert Stevens -- Purchase for value without notice / David Fox -- "Beneficiaries" "consent to trustees" "unauthorised acts" / Ying Khai Liew and Charles Mitchell -- Breach of fiduciary duty : consent and prior court authorisation / Simone Degeling -- Exemption clauses in trusts / Philip Sales -- Professional advice / Michael Ashdown -- Want of causation as a defence to liability for misapplication of trust assets / PG Turner -- Laying the axe to the root of the tree : shielding a co-trustee from liability / Joshua Getzler -- Marshalling marshalling / Christopher Hare -- Illegality in equity / Paul S Davies -- The future of clean hands / Nicholas J McBride -- "Not slavishly nor always" : equity and limitation statutes / Mark Leeming -- The importance of being earnest: the doctrines of laches and acquiescence / Lusina Ho
Summary This book is the fourth in a series of essay collections on defences in private law. It addresses defences to liability arising in equity. The essays range from those adopting a mainly doctrinal perspective to others that explore the law from a more philosophical perspective. Some essays concentrate on specific defences, while others are concerned with the links between defences, or with how defences relate to the structure of the law of equity generally. One aim of the book is to shed light on equitable doctrines by analysing them through the lens of defences. The essays offer original contributions to this complex, important but neglected field of scholarly investigation. The contributors - judges, practitioners and academics - are all distinguished jurists. The essays are addressed to all of the major common law jurisdictions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Equity -- English-speaking countries
Equity -- England
Actions and defenses -- English-speaking countries
Actions and defenses -- England
Defense (Civil procedure) -- English-speaking countries
Defense (Civil procedure) -- England
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Actions and defenses
Defense (Civil procedure)
Equity
Equity.
England
English-speaking countries
Form Electronic book
Author Davies, Paul S. (Law teacher), editor.
Douglas, Simon, 1983- editor.
Goudkamp, James, 1980- editor.
LC no. 2017055291
ISBN 9781509921010
150992101X
9781509995110
1509995110