Proprietary estoppel: Crossing the line

Exchange Chambers | Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal | June 2021 #224
Andrew Vinson assesses how proprietary estoppel relates to oral contracts In all cases, the inquiry in relation to a potential proprietary estoppel is concerned with the overall result of the parties’ dealings. What is the position in which the parties would be if the court did not intervene? Proprietary estoppel is a fertile ground for …

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Informal agreements and estoppel: Formality no bar to estoppel

University of Greenwich | Property Law Journal | May 2021 #387
Mark Pawlowski examines a recent case on the inter-relationship between proprietary estoppel and statute On appeal, Snowden J, agreeing with the trial judge, concluded that s2(1) was aimed at problems in the formation of contracts for sale of land, whereas an estoppel remedied unconscionability in the assertion of strict legal rights The recent High Court …

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