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John Fenna Assignment 1.1 The development of equity as we know it today has taken almost a millennia, it all started when the Normans came over and William decided that all of England should be ruled under common law, it wasn't until the twelfth century that courts were created to apply the common law. Civil actions in these courts weren't treated how they are today, they had to start with a writ, this set the cause of action or the grounds for the claim to be made, and it was from this that the first types of writ were created. Until the 13th century, a new writ was made to suit every new circumstance, but this was stopped as by this time, just about every type of case would of already been heard in the courts! Because the courts decided to stop a new writ being created every time a new circumstance...

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