Competing equities: A thorny issue

University of Greenwich | Property Law Journal | October 2022 #401
Mark Pawlowski takes a critical look at the first in time rule as a means of resolving the problem of competing estoppel equities Where all are equally innocent, priority, as we have seen, is determined by the order at which the equities arose in time. But the position is different where the equities are not …

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Law of Property (Misc. Provisions) Act 1989: Proprietary estoppel wins again

University of Wolverhampton | Property Law Journal | October 2020 #381
Sukhninder Panesar considers the case law relating to proprietary estoppel when seeking to acquire an interest in land without complying with the formalities of the 1989 Act Etherton J held that the proprietary estoppel was sufficient grounds for the enforcement of the terms of the oral contract. The question whether proprietary estoppel can be pleaded …

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