Ben McFarlane is Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford, UK.Steven Elliott KC is a barrister practising at One Essex Court, UK.

This admirable collection of essays by distinguished scholars and practitioners … contains much food for thought. Any practitioner with a case on any of the areas featured in this collection, or anyone writing something involving an issue discussed here, would do well to read carefully the relevant essay in the collection. The case for the continued relevance of Equity to the modern law in common law jurisdictions is well made and the Burrows rule is honoured in the observance.

• Preface List of Contributors Table of Cases Table of Legislation PART IEQUITY AND EQUITIES1. The Persistence of Equity: Lessons from the Trust Ben McFarlane2. Equity’s Gloss on Authority Jessica Hudson3. Section 25(6) of the Judicature Act 1873: A ‘Procedural’ ApproachC.H. Tham4. Equity and the Land Registration Act 2002: Form, Conscience, and the Judiciary Aruna NairPART IIMAXIMS AND DOCTRINES5. The Mischief of Maxims William SwadlingPART IIIEQUITABLE PROTECTION6. Loose Ends in Accounting for Profits Lord Briggs of Westbourne7. Judicature and Accounts Matthew ConaglenPART IVEQUITABLE REMEDIES8. Equitable Damages The Honourable Justice Edelman9. The Basic Structure of Rescission Steven Elliott KC10. When are Negotiating Damages Available? John MCGhee KC11. Specific Performance and the Reflective Loss RuleJanet O’Sullivan12. Freezing Orders: Casting Off the Shackles of The Siskina? Paul S DaviesPART VTRUSTS13. Bankruptcy Protection for Trusts before the Judicature Acts David FoxPART VIADMINISTRATION OF ASSETS14. Wasting Away: Devastavit and the Judicature Act 1873 Simon DouglasPART VIISECURITIES15. Equity in Codified Secured Transactions LawMagda RaczynskaPART VIIIINTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES16. equity is not EquityAlexandra Popovici and Lionel Smith17. Equitable Meta-Law: The Spectrum of PropertyHenry E Smith18. Certainty of Loss of Chance in EquitySimone Degeling19. Dishonesty and Unconscionability in Contractual Performance – A Role for Equity? The Honourable Madam Justice Mary V Newbury20. Equity in Commerce: Too Much and Too Little?Man YipIndex

Ben McFarlane is Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford, UK.Steven Elliott KC is a barrister practising at One Essex Court, UK.

This admirable collection of essays by distinguished scholars and practitioners … contains much food for thought. Any practitioner with a case on any of the areas featured in this collection, or anyone writing something involving an issue discussed here, would do well to read carefully the relevant essay in the collection. The case for the continued relevance of Equity to the modern law in common law jurisdictions is well made and the Burrows rule is honoured in the observance.

• Preface List of Contributors Table of Cases Table of Legislation PART IEQUITY AND EQUITIES1. The Persistence of Equity: Lessons from the Trust Ben McFarlane2. Equity’s Gloss on Authority Jessica Hudson3. Section 25(6) of the Judicature Act 1873: A ‘Procedural’ ApproachC.H. Tham4. Equity and the Land Registration Act 2002: Form, Conscience, and the Judiciary Aruna NairPART IIMAXIMS AND DOCTRINES5. The Mischief of Maxims William SwadlingPART IIIEQUITABLE PROTECTION6. Loose Ends in Accounting for Profits Lord Briggs of Westbourne7. Judicature and Accounts Matthew ConaglenPART IVEQUITABLE REMEDIES8. Equitable Damages The Honourable Justice Edelman9. The Basic Structure of Rescission Steven Elliott KC10. When are Negotiating Damages Available? John MCGhee KC11. Specific Performance and the Reflective Loss RuleJanet O’Sullivan12. Freezing Orders: Casting Off the Shackles of The Siskina? Paul S DaviesPART VTRUSTS13. Bankruptcy Protection for Trusts before the Judicature Acts David FoxPART VIADMINISTRATION OF ASSETS14. Wasting Away: Devastavit and the Judicature Act 1873 Simon DouglasPART VIISECURITIES15. Equity in Codified Secured Transactions LawMagda RaczynskaPART VIIIINTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES16. equity is not EquityAlexandra Popovici and Lionel Smith17. Equitable Meta-Law: The Spectrum of PropertyHenry E Smith18. Certainty of Loss of Chance in EquitySimone Degeling19. Dishonesty and Unconscionability in Contractual Performance – A Role for Equity? The Honourable Madam Justice Mary V Newbury20. Equity in Commerce: Too Much and Too Little?Man YipIndex