Legal Framework Chapt 2

What is the concept of equity in the legal framework?

• Promoting fairness and justice by giving everyone the same thing

• Ensuring that people get access to the same opportunities

• Making sure everyone starts from the same place

• Working only if everyone is the same height

What is common law?

• Law developed by judges through decisions of court cases

• Law enforced through Doctrine of Binding Precedent

• Law originated in England in the 12th century

• Law based on the concept of Stare Decisis

What is the purpose of the Doctrine of Precedent?

• To provide judgments upon decisions

• To establish rules of law for future cases

• To determine the reason for a decision

• To define the fairness of a decision

What is the ratio decidendi in the Doctrine of Precedent?

• The main reason why a judge has come to a decision

• The past conduct of parties involved in a case

• The rule of law that governs a decision

• The future conduct of the plaintiff

What is the purpose of the Doctrine of Equity?

• To enforce legal justice

• To achieve natural justice

• To supplement strict rules of law

• To administer extraordinary jurisdiction

What is the maxim 'He who seeks equity must do equity'?

• A remedy will only be provided where you have acted equitable in the transaction

• The plaintiff must come with clean hands

• Delay defeats equity

• The defendant must have clean hands

What is the maxim 'He who comes to equity must come with clean hands'?

• A remedy will only be provided where you have acted equitable in the transaction

• The plaintiff must come with clean hands

• Delay defeats equity

• The defendant must have clean hands

What is the maxim 'If there is an unreasonable delay in bringing proceedings the case may be disallowed in equity'?

• A remedy will only be provided where you have acted equitable in the transaction

• The plaintiff must come with clean hands

• Delay defeats equity

• The defendant must have clean hands

What is the ratio decidendi in the Doctrine of Precedent?

• The main reason why a judge has come to a decision

• The past conduct of parties involved in a case

• The rule of law that governs a decision

• The future conduct of the plaintiff

What is the maxim 'If there is an unreasonable delay in bringing proceedings the case may be disallowed in equity'?

• A remedy will only be provided where you have acted equitable in the transaction

• The plaintiff must come with clean hands

• Delay defeats equity

• The defendant must have clean hands