Description
This is a guide to equitable remedies applicable in Asian law, from a contemporary English and Hong Kong perspective. It examines the law relating to most major and commonly-used equitable remedies, and explains the relationship between equitable and common law remedies, and other concepts, including the umbrella concept of constructive trust, the relationship between the growing law of restitution and various traditional equitable remedies. There are also references to the law in other common law jurisdictions, such as Australia, Canada and the USA.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Sweet & Maxwell Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-421-58520-1 (9780421585201)
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Content
The relationship between equitable and common law remedies; compensation - equitable damages, equitable compensation, constructive trust imposed upon "knowledge assistance"; restitution - rescission, account of profits, constructive trust imposed upon "Knowledge receipt"; proprietary relief - constructive trust inputted after tracing in equity, equitable lien; coercive relief - specific performance, permanent injunctions, interlocutory injunctions.