... well known that they have been established from time to time - altered, improved and refined from time to time. In many cases we know the names of the Chancellors who invented them. No doubt they were invented for the purpose of securing the better administration of justice, but they were still invented.3 Equity was developed by the Court of Chancery in parallel with the common law designed to complement it, providing remedies for situations that were unavailable at law thereby adding a dimension of flexibility and justice that was sometimes lacking because of the common law's rigidity.4 Equity can be described as; "...that body of principles developed by the Court of Chancery prior to 1873 as since modified by courts administering that jurisdiction."5 Equity developed in the 10th and 11th centuries when William the Conqueror began to give Crown Land away to his followers and supporters (Feudal Lords), meaning that land was now ...

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