Equitable remedy

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A remedy under contract developed by the courts of chancery as a way of addressing the manifold injustices of a doctrinaire application of the common law of contract. Sometimes damages ain’t enough, you see (where contractual privity is a harsh mistress; also frequently under a confidentiality agreement.

Types of equitably remedy include:

• Injunction
• Specific performance
• Restitution