The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Equity Practice and Precedents Second Edition is a guide to practice in equity in New South Wales. It outlines the essential principles of a broad range of equitable and statutory remedies associated with the equity jurisdiction. This work provides many essential precedents for these remedies, both in the book and available as online downloads. Part 1 of the book provides a thorough analysis of the jurisdiction of various State and Federal courts and tribunals to grant the remedies dealt with in the book. In Part 2, each remedy or area of statutory relief is discussed in detail, with a practical outline of the principles and practice, and a comprehensive set of precedents. In this updated and revised Second Edition a wide range of areas of law and practice are covered, including: Equitable remedies such as injunctions, specific performance and rectification. Various aspects of insolvency and corporate law (including winding up, administration and shareholders' remedies). Property law (including the Conveyancing Act and Real Property Act), family provision applications, Property (Relationships) Act and related equitable remedies. Statutory unconscionability provisions such as ss 21 and 22 of the Australian Consumer Law Importantly, five entirely new chapters have been added. These new chapters address: Declaratory relief. Proprietary claims in equity. Mortgages and charges affecting land. Probate litigation. Applications in a winding up. Equity Practice and Precedents Second Edition has come to be regarded as an indispensable tool, consistently sought out by barristers and solicitors practising in equity.

The fusion of law and equity in common law systems was a crucial moment in the development of the modern law. In this volume leading scholars assess the significance of the fusion of law and equity from comparative, doctrinal, historical and theoretical perspectives.