EQUITY HAS NO PLACE IN THE COMMON LAW.
EQUITY HAS NO PLACE IN THE COMMON LAW. As stated by Marie Belle Antoine "Equity is an important legal subject which is a separate and wide area of law." She also said that "one part of the Common Law is made up of the common law rules while the other comprises the rule of equity." Before the establishment of the law of equity, the common law was the only law that was practiced. The law of Equity was established many years ago in the British as a result of the king handing up his duties of listening to petition to the lord chancellor. If a litigant was not satisfied with the ruling made by the common law, he or she would bring the matter to the king's court in the form of a Writ. However, the number of writs was limited and was categorized for certain cases. The majority of the cases that were presented to the king did not fall in those categories and many petitions were being requested. Consequently, it became so much that the king left such matters to the l...