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What does estoppel mean?

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Noun
  1. (common law) A legal principle in the law of equity that prevents a party from asserting otherwise valid legal rights against another party because of conduct by the first party, or circumstances to which the first party has knowingly contributed, make it unjust for those rights to be asserted.
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However, the estoppel plea fails where some specific facts pertaining to the transaction ought to have put the chargee or purchaser on notice.
With the case approached that way, he submits that it is not necessary to plead the evidential estoppel.
I should add that I do not consider the doctrine or promissory estoppel to apply in these circumstances.
I take the view that the question of issue of estoppel does not and cannot arise in judicial review proceedings.
Once there is a genuine issue for trial regarding the validity of the Agreement, the promissory estoppel argument also fails.
Given the absence of any such promise, any claim based on promissory estoppel would fail.

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