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United Kingdom Leading Case proprietary estoppel

Guest v Guest

[2022] UKSC 27
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtUK Supreme Court
Year2022
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Proprietary estoppel relief should prima facie satisfy the claimant's expectation unless doing so would be disproportionate to the detriment suffered.

Key Principle

Proprietary estoppel: remedial discretion should aim to hold the promisor to their promise unless that would be disproportionate. Default expectation-based relief.

Area of Law

equity

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Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Haxton (2012) 246 CLR 498

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Friend v Brooker (2009) 239 CLR 129

Equitable compensation for breach of fiduciary duty does not require but-for causation, and a fiduciary must account for profits made in breach of their stringent obligations.

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