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The English Legal System October 2019
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o Common law is the historic set of very strict and rigid rules in the
English Legal system.
o Equity was the more flexible system developed to deal with gaps
‘at law’.
– Required that the party have ‘clean hands’
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QUESTIONS?
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/ Orders in Council)
– Case law
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The English Legal System October 2019
Parliament
o In the UK this is the apex institution
– Parliamentary legislation can change any law
o Primary and secondary legislation
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