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Ernest Graham v Matthew Graham & Karen Graham [2020] NICh 7
Proprietary Estoppel – Repeated express and implied promises by father – Conditional promise – Breach of conditionality by son
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Thorner v Major [2009] UKHL 18
Proprietary estoppel – Intestate – No financial award – Non-commercial – Constructive trust – Promissory estoppel
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Winter & Anor v Winter & Anor [2024] EWCA Civ 699
Proprietary estoppel – Loss of opportunity – Promises – Specific alternative opportunity – Representation – Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
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Habberfield v Habberfield [2019] EWCA Civ 890
Proprietary Estoppel – Proportional relief – Quantification – Consensual character
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Liden v Burton [2016] EWCA Civ 275
Proprietary estoppel – Payments made as contribution to living expenses – Whether assurances were clear and unambiguous – Whether a sufficient link was established between assurance relied on and the detriment suffered – Whether detriment suffered was more than insubstantial
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Davies v Davies [2014] EWCA Civ 568
Proprietary estoppel – Reliance on representations – Existence and nature of detriment
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Guest & Anor v Guest [2022] UKSC 27
Proprietary Estoppel – Remedy – Reversionary interest – Compensatory payment – Lump sum payment
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Exors of the late Julie Morton v Morton & Morton
Proprietary estoppel – Partnership Dispute – Ownership of Property – Dissolution of Partnership
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Michael John Spencer v Estate of John Mitchell Spencer (Deceased) & Ors [2023] EWHC 2050 (Ch)
Proprietary estoppel – Tantamount to a promise – Quasi Bargain
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Richard Gordon Armstrong v Simon James Armstrong & Anor Neutral Citation Number[2024] EWHC 2989 (Ch)
Proprietary estoppel – Inheritance – New will – Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 – Equity
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Maile and Another v Maile and Others [2025] EWHC 2494 (Ch)
Proprietary estoppel – Partnership – Executrix – Undue influence – Codicil – Mental incapacity
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Matthew Wills & James Wills v Claire Sowray [2020] EWHC 939 (Ch)
Succession – Farms – Intestacy – Proprietary estoppel – Promise subject to evolution over time
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Lucy Habberfield v Jane Habberfield [2018] EWHC 317 (Ch)
Proprietary Estoppel – Claim by daughter of dairy farmer – Detrimental reliance on late father’s assurances
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Davies v Davies [2015] EWHC 1384 (Ch)
Proprietary estoppel – Promises made and repeated over substantial period – Will did not accord with those promises – Delay in dispute from date of death attributable to absence of communication of contents of Will – Detrimental reliance on promises – Valuation of equity arising
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Barrett v Barrett [2008] EWHC 1061 (Ch)
Insolvency Act 1986, s.333(2) – Beneficial ownership of property – Unlawful agreement – Effect of illegality on enforceability of equitable interests – Trusts and proprietary estoppel
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Scott v Scott [2025] EWHC 2796 (Ch)
Proprietary Estoppel – Equity – Dismissal – Knowledge and approval – Promises – Reliance – Sham transactions – Tenancies – Testamentary capacity – Validity – Wills -
Hodgson v Hodgson [2026] EWHC 922 (Ch)
Succession – Real property – Family provision – Farms – Inheritance Act disputes – Joint tenancies – Proprietary estoppel – Wills
