Equity practice and precedents / by Edmund Finnane, Christopher Wood and Nicholas Newton.

Pyrmont, N.S.W. : Lawbook Co., 2019.

2nd edition

88678

Equity -- Australia.

Equity pleading and procedure -- Forms -- Australia.

Court rules -- Australia.

PART 1: Court jurisdiction

1. The Supreme Court

2. The District Court

3. Other courts and tribunals

4. The Federal Court of Australia

5. The Federal Circuit Court

PART 2: Precedents and commentary

6. Injunctions

7. Freezing orders and search orders

8. Declarations

9. Court appointed receivers

10. Specific performance

11. Rectification

12. Rescission

13. Relief against forfeiture

14. Partnership proceedings

15. Proprietary claims arising from informal arrangements

16. Mortgages and charges affecting land

17. Remedy of account

18. Court appointed referees

19. Contracts Review Act and statutory remedies for unconscionable conduct

20. Real Property Act

21. Conveyancing Act

22. Property (Relationships) Act

23. Trustee Act

24. Probate

25. Family provision applications

26. Administration and deeds of company arrangement

27. Provisional liquidators

28. Setting aside a statutory demand

29. Winding up a company

30. Applications in a winding up

31. Shareholders' remedies.

Equity Practice and Precedents Second Edition is a guide to practice in equity in New South Wales. It outlines the essential principles of a broad range of equitable and statutory remedies associated with the equity jurisdiction. This work provides many essential precedents for these remedies, both in the book and available as online downloads. Part 1 of the book provides a thorough analysis of the jurisdiction of various State and Federal courts and tribunals to grant the remedies dealt with in the book. In Part 2, each remedy or area of statutory relief is discussed in detail, with a practical outline of the principles and practice, and a comprehensive set of precedents. In this updated and revised Second Edition a wide range of areas of law and practice are covered, including: Equitable remedies such as injunctions, specific performance and rectification. Various aspects of insolvency and corporate law (including winding up, administration and shareholders' remedies). Property law (including the Conveyancing Act and Real Property Act), family provision applications, Property (Relationships) Act and related equitable remedies. Statutory unconscionability provisions such as ss 21 and 22 of the Australian Consumer Law. Importantly, five entirely new chapters have been addedition: These new chapters address: Declaratory relief. Proprietary claims in equity. Mortgages and charges affecting land. Probate litigation. Applications in a winding up. Equity Practice and Precedents Second Edition has come to be regarded as an indispensable tool, consistently sought out by barristers and solicitors practising in equity. - Publisher's website.

9780455235547

cxxxiv, 849 pages ; 25 cm