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Luo Xing Juan Angela v Estate of Hui Shui See Willy (deceased) and Others

(2009) 12 HKCFAR 1
JurisdictionHong Kong
CourtCourt of Final Appeal (HKCFA)
Year2008
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Proprietary and promissory estoppel are unified by the requirement of unconscionability; an assurance, reliance and detriment can found estoppel relief, and where the promisor's power was exercisable only through a company the assurance may be construed as a promise to exercise his shareholder powers, enforceable by equitable relief.

Area of Law

Equity, Trusts & Restitution

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Mo Ying v Brillex Development Ltd and Another [2015] 2 HKLRD 985; [2015] HKCA 156
Libertarian Investments Ltd v Hall (2013) 16 HKCFAR 681; [2013] HKCFA 93

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