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The remedies judges added where the common law could only award money, such as an order to stop. A court grants them when that is fair, and it may refuse, so delay and conduct count. Frescalva needs equity against Dean. Senior Courts Act 1981, section 37(1) · Chapter 8 · see Injunction (interim)
Explained in Chapter 8, What Is Equity: Injunctions and Breach of Confidence, of English Law Basics.
Money will not mend that. Frescalva needs an order that makes him stop, and that order comes from equity: the remedies judges added where the common law could only award money. A court gives such an order when that is fair, and it may refuse. So how the client behaved, and how long it waited, both count.Read Chapter 8, What Is Equity: Injunctions and Breach of Confidence →
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