Law Notes for Students of Law

Maxims of Equity 1. EQUITY WILL NOT SUFFER A WRONG TO BE WITHOUT A REMEDY Meaning Where there is a right there is a remedy. This idea is expressed in the Latin Maxim ubi jus ibi remedium . It means that no wrong should go unredressed if it is capable of being remedied by courts. This maxim indicates the width of the scope and the basis of on which the structure of equity rests. This maxim imports that where the common law confers a right, it gives also a remedy or right of action for interference with or infringement of that right. Application and cases In Ashby v. White , wherein a qualified voter was not allowed to vote and who therefore sued the returning officer, it was held that if the law gives a man a right, he must have a means to maintain it, and a remedy, if he is injured in the enjoyment of it. In cases where some document was with the defendant and it was necessary for the plaintiff to obtain its discovery or production, a recourse to the Chancery Courts ...

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Law on Torts   Defamation   Defamation is injury to the reputation of a person. If a person injures the reputation of another, he does so at his own risk, as in the case of an interference with the property. A man’s reputation is his property, and if possible, more valuable, than other property ( Dixon v. Holden, 1869 ). s. 499 of the Penal Code- Whoever by words either spoken or by visible representations, makes or publishes any imputation concerning any person intending to harm   the reputation of him, except in the cases hereinafter excepted, to defame that person.   Ten exceptions- 1. Imputation of truth which public good requires to be made or published- 2. Public conduct of public servants- 3. Conduct of any person touching any public question- 4. Publication of reports of proceedings of Courts- 5. Merits of case decided in Court or conduct of witnesses and others concerned- 6. Merits of public performance- 7. Censure passed in good faith by person ha...