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Question 1

What is another example of how equity has developed to resolve disputes?

Answer 1

The freezing injunction is another example of how equity has developed to resolve disputes.

Question 2

What case developed the freezing injunction?

Answer 2

This injunction was developed in the case of Mareva Compania Naviera v International Bulk Carriers (1975) following Nippon Yusen Kaisha v Karageorgis (1975).

Question 3

What problem did this resolve?

Answer 3

This resolved the problem that judgments couldn’t be enforced in international disputes because there were no assets as defendants were transferring them abroad.

Question 4

What did the Mareva case grant?

Answer 4

The Mareva case granted an order to freeze the defendant’s assets, making them unable to be transferred.

Question 5

What does this demonstrate?

Answer 5

This, again, demonstrates how equity has developed in order to resolve modern issues.