INTRODUCTION
The interaction of contract law and Equity is a complex subject which can be approached from a number of perspectives. For the purposes of my lecture this evening I will be highlighting three of these: first, the moral visions which Equity and the law of contract draw on, respectively; secondly, the different functions they fulfil within the legal system as a whole; and thirdly the perspective given by consideration of equitable remedies in respect of contracts. For contract law, the primary moral vision to which it gives expression is that of promise-keeping. However, there is also a strand involving protection in relation to detrimental reliance, as Patrick Atiyah has emphasised …
Lord Sales (Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom), The Role of Equity in the Law of Contract (HKU-Temple Chambers Lecture, Hong Kong University, 24 September 2026).
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