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John Uff - Construction Law - 11th Edition 2013 60
John Uff - Construction Law - 11th Edition 2013 60
Delegated legislation
Equity
In the division between common law and equity, each branch comprises
both judge- made law ( found in case reports) and statute law. The differ¬
ence arises because before 1873, when the systems began to be jointly
administered , there were two separate legal systems which operated
in different courts. Equity was applied in the old Court of Chancery,
located in Lincoln's Inn. Charles Dickens found much to criticise in the
courts of early nineteenth century England but reserved the most biting