- Duddington John, Essentials of Equity and Trusts Law. 6th Edition Pearson Longman 2006 Wort Hanbury & Martin Modern Equity pp 52-53; 64-69.
- Equity is commonly said to "mitigate the rigour of common law", allowing courts to use their discretion and apply justice in accordance with natural law.
- Equity law is a type of law that ensures fairness and justice to people. People get new rights and remedies due to equity law.
- Common law and equity are two different types of law systems that are often confusing to many people that are not so knowledgeable about law.
- After U.S. courts merged law and equity, American law courts adopted many of the procedures of equity courts.
- Equity follows the law- this maxim states that chancery court must follow the discipline, equity is to supplement the law not to destroy the law.
- With the merger of law and equity almost complete, the idea of equity as a special part of our legal system or a mode of decisionmaking has fallen out of view.
- But if rules and principles of equity is applied then justice will be. delivered to the old men. According to Aristotle "Equity is the correction of the law where it is.
- Equity focuses on what is morally right from wrong within the eyes of the law, whereas the law states what is legally right from wrong.
- For example, if someone is injured because of a poorly designed product, they can sue under tort law (law) or contract law (equity).