Faculty of Law, The University of West Indies at Mona

LA28B Equitable Remedies

1. General
This course is an optional course taught in the second Semester of Part II of the
LL.B. degree programme.

2. Course Objective
The gamut of equitable remedies is very wide and growing. The objective of the
course therefore, is to expose students to the subject, by focussing on specific
equitable remedies which reflect recent developments in the area, and analysing
the modern approach to their application.

3. Course Content
i. Equity in an historical context
ii. The Injunction: particularly interlocutory injunction, such as the
Mareva injunction and the Anton Piller order
iii. Specific Performance and Part Performance
iv. Damages in Equity
v. The Trust as a Remedy
vi. Proprietary Estoppel and Licences

4. Method of Teaching
This course will be taught by way of two lectures and one tutorial per week.
Each lecture will be of one hour duration and the tutorial will also be of one hour
duration.

5. Method of Assessment
This course will be assessed by way of a two-hour final examination at the end
of the semester. Students will be required to answer three questions selected
from a total of six questions. The examination question paper may be divided
into two parts with students being required to answer one question from each
part of the paper.