TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION ............................................................................................................................ i
APPROVAL ................................................................................................................................... ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................................................... iii
DEDICATION .............................................................................................................................. iv
TABLE OF CASES ..................................................................................................................... v
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES /STATUTES ............................................................................ vii
ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................ viii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................ ix
CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................................................... 1
GENERAL INTRODUCTION OF THE STUDY .................................................................... 1
1. OBackground of the study .............................................................................................. 1
1.1 Definition of equity ........................................................................................................ 1
1.2 The common law ............................................................................................................ 2
1.3 The development of equity .......................................................................................... 4
1.5 Statement of the problem ......................................................................................... 8
1.6 Justification of the study ....................................................................................... 11
1. 7 Objective of the study .............................................................................................. 11
1.8 Specific objectives of the study ............................................................................ 12
1. 9 Significance of the study ........................................................................................ 12
1.10 Methodology ............................................................................................................ 13
1.11 Data collection ............................................................................................................ 13
1.12 Data analysis .............................................................................................................. 13
CHAPTER TWO ......................................................................................................................... 14
LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................................... 14
2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 14
CHAPTER THREE .................................................................................................................... 22
LEGAL SYSTEM OF EQUITY AND ITS PRINCIPLES ................................................... 22
3.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 22
3. 1 The legal system of equity ......................................................................................... 22
3.2 General principles ........................................................................................................ 24
3.2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 24
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3.2.2 Equity will not suffer a wrong to be without a remedy ................................ 25
3.2.3 Equity follows the law ............................................................................................. 26
3.2.4 He who seeks equity must do equity ................................................................. 26
3.2.5 He who comes to equity must come with clean hands ............................... 27
3.2.6 Equality is equity ...................................................................................................... 28
3.2.7 Equity looks at substance rather than form ................................................... 29
CHAPTER FOUR ...................................................................................................................... 30
RELATION BETWEEN EQUITY, COMMON LAW ........................................................... 30
AND CUSTOMARY LAW ........................................................................................................ 30
4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 30
4.2 Relationship between equity, law and common law ........................................ 30
4.3 Relationship between equity and customary law .............................................. 38
CHAPTER FIVE ......................................................................................................................... 43
DOCTRINES OF EQUITY ....................................................................................................... 43
5.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 43
5.1 Specific performance ................................................................................................... 43
5.2.1 Defenses ...................................................................................................................... 44
5.3 Trusts ............................................................................................................................... 45
5.4 Estoppel. .......................................................................................................................... 48
CHAPTER SIX ........................................................................................................................... 50
CHALLENGES FACING THE APPLICATION OF EQUITY ............................................ 50
6.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 50
6.2 General challenges faced by equity ....................................................................... 50
6.3 Challenges facing equity in Uganda ...................................................................... 51
6.4 Conc!usion ...................................................................................................................... 53
CHAPTER SEVEN .................................................................................................................... 54
7.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 54
7.1 Various recommendations ........................................................................................ 54
7.2 Conc!usion ...................................................................................................................... 56
LIST OF REFERENCES ......................................................................................................... 57
ABSTRACT The study basically introduces equity as a law and its application in the Ugandan legal system. Equity was first introduced in Uganda through the Reception clause of the 1902 Order in Council which formalized colonial rule in Uganda and was the fundamental law of the protectorate. Equity later through its constant use and adoption was promulgated m the Judicature Statute and currently still in existence in the Judicature Act Cap 13 which Act was commenced with the spirit to consolidate and revise the Judicature Act to take into account the provisions of the constitution relating to the judiciary. The researcher arrived at the findings of the study through desk researching which included reading of already available information about the topic, internet, textbooks and any other literature available. The study further narrowed down to equity application m Uganda with specific reference to the constitution 1995 as Amended, the Statutes and case law on the same to find out how it is applied and the challenges it faces as a law applicable in Uganda and how effective the loopholes or lacunae can be remedied. With regard to the application of equity in Uganda, two cases stand out; Attorney General Vs David Tinyefunza and Uganda Association of Women Lawyers Vs Attorney General which highlighted and gave an effect on the development of constitutionalism in Uganda as both courts that is the Constitutional and Supreme observed that the Constitution is the supreme law and can wipe out rules of court by rendering them void for being inconsistent with any of its provisions. Further more, they highlighted the trend that the court chose to take with regard to procedural rules against substantive justice, the trend that procedures can be compromised to deliver justice as the constitution is meant to safeguard rights and not procedure.
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MUFUMBYA, NAKAJUBI "Application of The Common Law Doctrine of Equity in The Ugandan Legal System" Afribary. Afribary, 09 Aug. 2022, https://afribary.com/works/application-of-the-common-law-doctrine-of-equity-in-the-ugandan-legal-system. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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MUFUMBYA, NAKAJUBI . "Application of The Common Law Doctrine of Equity in The Ugandan Legal System" Afribary (2022). Accessed April 26, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/application-of-the-common-law-doctrine-of-equity-in-the-ugandan-legal-system