Things to remember Flashcards
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Definition of SP
A court order compelling performance of positive contractual obligations
Damages must be inadequate
SP cases for Breach of sale of goods
Cohen v Roche purchase chairs to sell in his shop, was’t SP as it was going to end up as money
Falcke v Grey -> Ming vases (Particular beauty
Behnke v Bede -> Particular value
Sky patroluem -> limited quanitity, Mundane property
Definition of IMI
A court order requiring a D to undertake a course of action - intimately linked with Specific Performance
Test for IMI
COurt order requiring the D to undertake a course of action
TEST: High degree of assurance at trial it will be rightly granted into a SP. Shepard V Sanham
Confirmed in Locobail v Agroexport, American Cyanide doesn’t apply
SP Test for Breach of Services contract
Irreplaceable and Clearly defined (Verall v Great Yarmouth)
constant supervision (Coop v Argyl)
Must not be akin to slavery (Defrancesco v Barnum)
Defeated by poor performance (Giles v Morris) - Subjective service performance
Definition of Search Order
Civil order A court order permitting a C and his representatives to enter the D’s property in order to search and Seize the property (Anton Pilar v Manufacturing)
Search Order test Anton Pillar
- An extremely strong Prima Facie case
- Very serious potential or actual damage to the C
- Possession of clear evidence and risk of evidential destruction (Lock v Beswick) There is a presumption of honesty -> you must demonstrate that they are dishonest
IPI interim prohibitory injunction definition
A court order refraining someone from a court of actin
IPI Test
American cyanide
- Case must be sufficiently serious, must not be vexatious (Morning star v Express)
- Balance of convenience: IPI Signed wrongly refused (damages sufficient for C, payable by D / IPI wrongly granted (opposite)
- If balance doesn’t convenience either party status quo kept,
freezing order definition
A court order prohibiting the D from removing assets from the jurisdiction
Freezing order test
Derby v Wheeldon:
- Good arguable case
- Assets in jurisdiction
- Real risk of Dissapation
Account of profit definition
A court order requiring D to surrender illegtitimate profits
Final remedy
Specific performance, Final injunction, Recission, Rectification, Account of profits
INterim remedy
IMI, IPI, Search order, Freezing order
Types of claims in tracing
Proprietary, personal and third party claims
Why choose proprietary:
1. Priority of getting property back over creditors
2. Claim in property thus, if property value rises so does your claim
3. limitation, personal claim only last 6 years where as proprietary claims no limiation
Introductory points for tracing question
Common law tracing: C must have legal title and can not trace in mixed funds Agip v Jackson
Pre requisite for equitable: Re Diplock
fiduciary relationship, C must have equitable interest,
Mixed with wrongdoer
presumption of honesty -> use T’s money first Re Hallett
Preserve the value of the trust fund-> trust money had been used to buy the shares initial transaction Re Oatway
Both were completely dissapated
Can not benefit from their wrong doing, thus B can cherry pick - Shalston v Russo
Dishonest assistance
Test found in Ultraframe v Fielding:
Was the assistance by a third party other than the T
Casual link between the breach and 3rd party, Aid in the breach, preparation, concealing the breach
Must be dishonest:
Royal Brunei v Tan confirmed in Abourahman objective test:
Would an honest person with Bruno’s skills think of this as honest or dishonest
Knowing reciept test
Found in El Ajou v DLH
- Disposal of asset breach of fiducairy duty
- must have reciept proof (Transactional test)
- Knowledge of the breach: Baden skill was not properly followed. BCCI V Akindele -> Did c’s knowledge make it unconsciounable to retain the benefit of the reciept
Tracing into goods
One can’t trace into equity’s darling: Bonafide purchaser of a good given valuable consideration without notice
Gifts aren’t seen as equity’s darling Re Diplock
Good transaction claim ring
Bad transaction claim a charge re Fosket v Mckewan
Mixed with third party
Apply FIFO: Re Diplock if Current account
Savings accoung use Pari Pasu Re Diplock
Paying of a mortgage
Subrogation (Bajwa) -> Debt is revived in favour of the Claimant.
Restriction: must be the exact same mortgage
Re Diplock claim
Must try and sue the Trustee first
Claim for the sum only not any interst
Only against an innocent volunteer if a B under an estate
Only defense Change of position Lipkin
Improve own asset
Value added Lien
Valu reduced dissapation
Re Diplock