Equitable remedy : injunction

Damages are always the usual remedy when there is a breach of contract. However, due to the limited effectiveness of the remedy of damages in some cases, it caused the development of equity, and subsequently equitable remedies. Injunction is one of the equitable remedies and it is regarded as extrao...

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Main Author: Wong, Yuen Hwa
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Language:English
Published: 2006
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spelling my-utm-ep.50642018-02-28T06:52:02Z Equitable remedy : injunction 2006-07 Wong, Yuen Hwa HD28 Management. Industrial Management Damages are always the usual remedy when there is a breach of contract. However, due to the limited effectiveness of the remedy of damages in some cases, it caused the development of equity, and subsequently equitable remedies. Injunction is one of the equitable remedies and it is regarded as extraordinary. It is made available only in limited circumstances. Threfore, this master project intends to identify what circumstances, which is limited, that injunction will be available to the parties in a building contract. This project is carried out mainly through documentary analysis of law journals, such as Malayan Law Journal, Singapore Law Report, Building Law Report, etc. Due to time constraint, questionnaire survey or interview is not carried out. Results show that there are 11 circumstances in which the injunctions (prohibitory, mandatory and Mareva injunctions) will be available to the parties and 4 circumstances in which injunction would not be available to the parties in a building contract (as provided in Chapter 4). Rhind J in the case of Concorde Construction Co Ltd v Colgan Co Ltd [1984] 29 Build LR 120 mentioned that the judge will ordinarily grant injunction “as of course� in certain familiar situations which keep recurring. Since the circumstances discussed are the situations which had occur for the past few 10 years, therefore, it is hoped that it would provide a guideline to parties in a building contract when they could succeeding in applying injunction if they resort to it. 2006-07 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/5064/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/5064/1/WongYuenHwaMFAB2006.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment Faculty of Built Environment
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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language English
topic HD28 Management
Industrial Management
spellingShingle HD28 Management
Industrial Management
Wong, Yuen Hwa
Equitable remedy : injunction
description Damages are always the usual remedy when there is a breach of contract. However, due to the limited effectiveness of the remedy of damages in some cases, it caused the development of equity, and subsequently equitable remedies. Injunction is one of the equitable remedies and it is regarded as extraordinary. It is made available only in limited circumstances. Threfore, this master project intends to identify what circumstances, which is limited, that injunction will be available to the parties in a building contract. This project is carried out mainly through documentary analysis of law journals, such as Malayan Law Journal, Singapore Law Report, Building Law Report, etc. Due to time constraint, questionnaire survey or interview is not carried out. Results show that there are 11 circumstances in which the injunctions (prohibitory, mandatory and Mareva injunctions) will be available to the parties and 4 circumstances in which injunction would not be available to the parties in a building contract (as provided in Chapter 4). Rhind J in the case of Concorde Construction Co Ltd v Colgan Co Ltd [1984] 29 Build LR 120 mentioned that the judge will ordinarily grant injunction “as of course� in certain familiar situations which keep recurring. Since the circumstances discussed are the situations which had occur for the past few 10 years, therefore, it is hoped that it would provide a guideline to parties in a building contract when they could succeeding in applying injunction if they resort to it.
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qualification_level Master's degree
author Wong, Yuen Hwa
author_facet Wong, Yuen Hwa
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title Equitable remedy : injunction
title_short Equitable remedy : injunction
title_full Equitable remedy : injunction
title_fullStr Equitable remedy : injunction
title_full_unstemmed Equitable remedy : injunction
title_sort equitable remedy : injunction
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment
granting_department Faculty of Built Environment
publishDate 2006
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/5064/1/WongYuenHwaMFAB2006.pdf
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