Equity is a particular body of law that was developed in the English Court of Chancery. Its general purpose is to provide a remedy for situations where the law is not flexible enough for the usual court system to deliver a fair resolution to a case. The concept of equity is deeply intertwined with its historical origins in the common law system used in England. However,equity is in some ways a separate system from common law:it has its own established rules and principles,and was historically administered by separate courts,called "courts of equity" or "courts of chancery".
Robin Brunskill Cooke,Baron Cooke of Thorndon,was a New Zealand judge and later a British Law Lord and member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. He is widely considered one of New Zealand's most influential jurists,and is the only New Zealand judge to have sat in the House of Lords. He was a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong from 1997 to 2006.
Michael Donald Kirby is an Australian jurist and academic who is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia,serving from 1996 to 2009. He has remained active in retirement;in May 2013 he was appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to lead an inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea,which reported in February 2014.
Anthony Murray Gleeson is an Australian former judge who served as the 11th Chief Justice of Australia,in office from 1998 to 2008.
Sir Harry Talbot Gibbs,was Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1981 to 1987 after serving as a member of the High Court between 1970 and 1981. He was known as one of Australia's leading federalist judges although he presided over the High Court when decisions such as Koowarta v Bjelke-Petersen in 1982 and Commonwealth v Tasmania expanded the powers of the Commonwealth at the expense of the states. Gibbs dissented from the majority verdict in both cases. On 3 August 2012,the Supreme Court of Queensland Library opened the Sir Harry Gibbs Legal Heritage Centre. It is the only legal heritage museum of its kind in Queensland and features a permanent exhibition dedicated to the life and legacy of Sir Harry Gibbs.
Kenneth Madison Hayne is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia,the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy.
John Dyson Heydon is a former Australian judge and barrister who served on the High Court of Australia from 2003 to 2013 and the New South Wales Court of Appeal from 2000 to 2003,and previously served as Dean of the Sydney Law School. He retired from the bench at the constitutionally-mandated age of 70 and went on to chair the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption between 2014 and 2015.
Sir Anthony Frank MasonHonFAIB DistFRSN is an Australian judge who served as the ninth Chief Justice of Australia,in office from 1987 to 1995. He was first appointed to the High Court in 1972,having previously served on the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
Sir Owen Dixon was an Australian judge and diplomat who served as the sixth Chief Justice of Australia. Many consider him to be Australia's most prominent jurist.
Sir George Edward Rich was an Australian lawyer and judge who served on the High Court of Australia from 1913 to 1950. He is the second-longest-serving judge in the court's history,behind Edward McTiernan. He retired at the age of 87,making him the oldest person to sit on the court.
Sir Frank Walters Kitto,,Australian judge,was a Justice of the High Court of Australia.
Major General Sir William John Victor Windeyer,was an Australian judge,soldier,educator,and a Justice of the High Court of Australia.
Roderick Pitt Meagher was an Australian jurist and judge.
Robert Shenton French is an Australian lawyer and judge who served as the twelfth Chief Justice of Australia,in office from 2008 to 2017. He has been the chancellor of the University of Western Australia since 2017.
Sir Bernard Sugerman was an Australian barrister,legal scholar,and judge.
Stephen John Gageler is a Justice of the High Court of Australia. He was previously a barrister based in Sydney and the Solicitor-General of Australia,the Commonwealth's second-ranking law officer.
Sir Maurice Hearne Byers was a noted Australian jurist and constitutional expert. He was the Commonwealth Solicitor-General from 1973 to 1983,in which capacity he played a role in the Gair Affair and the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis. He had an unmatched record of success in his appearances before the High Court of Australia,and he has been characterised as the finest lawyer never to have been appointed to the High Court.
Moses v Macferlan (1760) 2 Bur 1005 is a foundational case in the law of restitution holding that in certain circumstances such as when money is paid by mistake,for failed consideration or under oppression;the law will allow the money to be recovered.
Mark James Leeming is a judge of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of New South Wales,the highest court in the State of New South Wales,Australia,which forms part of the Australian court hierarchy. He is one of the current authors of Meagher,Gummow &Lehane's Equity:Doctrines and Remedies.
Alan Robertson is a former judge of the Federal Court of Australia. He served as a deputy president of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal,and retired from the Court in May 2020 having reached the mandatory retirement age for federal judicial appointments.
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