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Promissory Estoppel is the doctrine that prevents a party from acting in a certian way because the first party promised not to


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Promissory Estoppel is the doctrine that prevents a party from acting in a certian way because the first party promised not to

... Promissory Estoppel Introduction Wherever a law is broken, a right of action is created in any person who has suffered a loss. This right to a remedy is enforced through the courts. In almost all cases, the state of the plaintiff's conscience will be irrelevant to obtaining relief. But, if the plaintiff has said or done something that induced the defendant to change his or her behaviour and that reliance was reasonable, the courts have a discretion to deny the remedy to the plaintiff. Hence, an estoppel is not a remedy at law in common law jurisdiction, but based on principles of equity. In the majority of cases, it is only a defence and it works by preventing a plaintiff from enforcing established legal rights, or from relying on a set of facts that would give rise to enforceable rights (e.g. words said or actions performed) if that enforcement or reliance would

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