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Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title Equity
Module Code LG324 (ITS) / LAW1025 (Banner)
Faculty Humanities & Social Sciences School Law & Government
Module Co-ordinatorTanya Ní Mhuirthile
Module TeachersNiall Moran, Ronan Condon
NFQ level 8 Credit Rating 5
Pre-requisite Not Available
Co-requisite Not Available
Compatibles Not Available
Incompatibles Not Available
None
Description

This module provides students with a strong grounding in one half of Equity's contribution to the legal system, namely, equitable remedies. The other great contribution, the trust, in covered in LG351 Trusts Law.

Learning Outcomes

1. describe and outline the distinction between the common law and equity
2. Appreciate the contribution of equity to the development of remedies different to the common law
3. understand the rules and principles applicable to different equitable remedies
4. Apply the law to factual situations and construct an effective argument



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture24Delivery and explanation of key rules and principles of the law of trusts
Independent Study41reading of lecture notes, textbooks, case law and scholarly literature; consideration of problem questions
Independent Study60Exam Revision
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Introduction to the Development of Equitable Remedies

Equitable Maxims and the Role of Conscience in Equity

Specific Performance

Injunctions

Recission and Rectification

Undue Influence

Estoppel

Tracing

Miscellaneous Equitable Remedies

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment100% Examination Weight0%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories:
Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module.
Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module.
Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1
Indicative Reading List

  • Delany: 0, Equity and the Law of Trusts in Ireland, 4th, Roundhall,
  • Martin: 2005, Modern Equity, 17th, Sweet and Maxwell, London,
  • Pearce and Stevens: 2006, The Law of Trusts and Equitable Obligations, 4th, Oxford University Press, Oxford,
  • Petit: 2006, Equity and the Law of Trusts, 10th, Oxford University Press,
  • Hudson: 2007, Equity and Trusts, 5th, Cavendish,
  • Cooke: 2000, The Modern Law of Estoppel, Clarendon,
Other Resources

None

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