The Development of Common Law and Equity Common Law has been functioning in England since the 1250’s‚ two centuries after William the Conqueror defeated Earl Harold Godwinson in the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and became King. It was then in 1066 that Law began to be standardised. There were‚ however‚ problems with the Common Law system and people were becoming dissatisfied with the remedies distributed by the Court. As a result‚ the Court of Chancery was established and could provide whatever
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nations in the world nowadays‚ and each has a different set of laws that govern its people and its relations with the rest of the world. Whereas‚ international law governs relations between states‚ institutions‚ and individuals across national boundaries‚ municipal law governs this same person within the boundaries of a particular state. The comparative law‚ which is the study‚ analysis‚ and comparison of the different municipal law systems‚ classifies countries into legal families. The two widely
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Originally‚ common law was customary law‚ folk law‚ based on precedent. There was of course statutory law -- the king’s law -- but common law guided how it was enforced and administered. No real common law exists today‚ having been entirely codified as statutory law throughout the English-speaking world. There remains‚ however‚ what are sometimes termed common law rights. Now and again‚ a new situation arises where there is no law to guide a judge‚ but where there really is something to adjudicate
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did common law become so rigid and inflexible? Answer: By the reign of henry II‚ the practice of sending the royal justice throughout the country “on circuit” began to result in fairly uniform body of law developing around the country- the common law. The judges were assisted in finding an agreement among them by keeping records known as plea rolls. They set out not only the facts of each case and judgement‚ but often the reasoning behind the judgement‚ in much the same way as the modern law reports
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Introduction The issues in the case of ‘Hawthorn Blood Supplies Co Ltd’‚ which is a listed company on Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)‚ are concerned protection of shareholder’s and creditor’s interests. We will identify possible legal issues in the relation to the Corporation Act 2001 and discuss whether they have been any breaches of relevant common law rules and statutory provisions in relation to ‘capital maintenance’‚ ‘share buy-backs’‚ financial assistance’ and ‘payment of dividends’.
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Sales‚ does he should stop his trading. This essay will apply law theory and precedent cases to distinguish john case. The principle of corporate entity was established in the case of Salomon v A. Salomon‚ now referred to as the ’Salomon’ principle Legal The House of Lords’ decision in Salomon v A Salomon & Co Ltd [1897] established the separate identity of the company. Salomon v A Salomon & Co Ltd [1897] AC 22 is a landmark UK company law case. The effect of the Lords’ unanimous ruling was to uphold
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the loan contract between ABC bank and Sambal Pty Ltd is invalid. State the law: Section 140 of the corporations act states that: “A company’s constitution (if any) and any replaceable rules that apple to the company have effect as a contract: (a) Between the company and each member; and (b) Between the company and each director and company secretary; and (c) Between a member and each other member; Apply the law: According to section 140‚ a company’s constitution is only an internal governance
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Faculty of Business and Management BBUS2103 Company Law January 2013 Companies Act 1965 Section 181: Member’s Remedy Name: Mohd Afiq bin Sahar NRIC No: 871226-43-5677 Matric No: 871226435677001 Pages 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………….3 2. Example of oppressive‚ disregard of members’ interest and unfairly prejudicial or unfairly discriminatory conduct………………………………………5 Diversion of corporate assets or opportunity………………………………...5 Diversion of profits.…………………………………………………………
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reaction to the “harshness of the common law or lack of developments in common law”. Furthermore‚ the common law system went unchanged for centuries and was a system were petitions were presented to the King for his grace in some complaint where “the usual royal answer was let him sue in common law”. In addition‚ complainants often complained about officials in respect of misconduct and unfairness. During the 14th century petitioning to the King was so common that some complaints had to be referred
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School of Law LAW OF PROPERTY II EQUITY & TRUSTS Syllabus The nature of equity and the trust Express trusts o Certainty of intention‚ subject matter and objects o The beneficiary principle o The constitution of trusts o The duties of trustees and breach of trust Resulting trusts Quistclose trusts Constructive trusts Trusts of homes Personal liability to account Tracing Lecture - Course Documents 2009-10 1 Queen Mary University of London School of Law LAW OF PROPERTY
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