Equity and Trusts Law

Order Description “Equity is no part of the law, but a moral virtue, which qualifies, moderates, and reforms the rigour, hardness, and the edge of the law, and is a universal truth; it does also assist the law where it is defective and weak…. and defends the law from crafty evasions, delusions, and new subtleties in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">intended as contrived to evade and delude the common law, whereby such as have undoubted right are made remediless; and this is the office of equity, to support and protect the common law from shifts and crafty contrivances again" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inst the justice of law. Equity therefore does not destroy the law, nor create it, but assists it.” Sir Nathan Wright , Lord Dudley v Lady Dudley (1705) Prec.Ch. 241 at 244. In the form of a journal article, critically consider whether this statement made by Sir Nathan Wright in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in 1705 is an accurate and apposite observation of Equity today.