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Taylors Fashions Ltd v Liverpool Victoria Trustees Co Ltd

[1982] QB 133 (Note); [1981] 1 All ER 897; [1979] EWHC Ch 1 (Ch D)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court of England and Wales (Chancery Division), Oliver J
Year1979
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Proprietary estoppel does not require satisfaction of the rigid five probanda of Willmott v Barber; the unifying question is whether, in all the circumstances, it would be unconscionable for the party to deny the assumption that, knowingly or unknowingly, he allowed or encouraged the other to rely on to its detriment.

Area of Law

e

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