Lower Court Judgment
1/07/2013 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Appeal) (Basten JA, Barrett JA, Tobias AJA)
Catchwords
Equity – Estoppel – Equitable estoppel – Proprietary estoppel – Promises by man to woman to give her cottage property – Promise unperformed – Whether presumption of reliance should be applied.
Equity – Equitable compensation – Whether equitable compensation should be assessed by reference to detriment suffered or position plaintiff would have been in had promise been fulfilled.
13/12/2013 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)
23/12/2013 Notice of appeal
02/01/2014 Notice of contention (Respondent)
08/01/2014 Written submissions (Appellant)
08/01/2014 Chronology (Appellant)
29/01/2014 Written submissions (Respondent)
12/02/2014 Reply
26/03/2014 Chronology (Respondent)
02/04/2014 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
16/05/2014 Judgment (Judgment summary)