Overview

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.

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Author:   Paul S Davies (University College London, UK) ,  Simon Douglas (Jesus College, Oxford University) ,  Dr James Goudkamp (University of Oxford, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hart Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 16.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   0.821kg
ISBN:  

9781849467247

ISBN 10:   1849467242
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   03 May 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction PAUL S DAVIES, SIMON DOUGLAS AND JAMES GOUDKAMP 2. Equitable Defences as Meta-Law HENRY E SMITH 3. Set-Off and the Nature of Equity ROBERT STEVENS 4. Purchase for Value Without Notice DAVID FOX 5. Beneficiaries’ Consent to Trustees’ Unauthorised Acts YING KHAI LIEW AND CHARLES MITCHELL 6. Breach of Fiduciary Duty: Consent and Prior Court Authorisation SIMONE DEGELING 7. Exemption Clauses in Trusts PHILIP SALES 8. Professional Advice MICHAEL ASHDOWN 9. Want of Causation as a Defence to Liability for Misapplication of Trust Assets PG TURNER 10. Laying the Axe to the Root of the Tree? Shielding a Co-trustee from Liability JOSHUA GETZLER 11. Marshalling Marshalling CHRISTOPHER HARE 12. Illegality in Equity PAUL S DAVIES 13. The Future of Clean Hands NICHOLAS J MCBRIDE 14. ‘Not Slavishly Nor Always’—Equity and Limitation Statutes MARK LEEMING 15. The Importance of Being Earnest: The Doctrines of Laches and Acquiescence LUSINA HO

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Paul S Davies is Professor of Commercial Law at University College London. Simon Douglas is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford. James Goudkamp is Professor of the Law of Obligations at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford, and a barrister at 7 King’s Bench Walk.

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