Estoppel

Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 1963

Principle established: A vendor of real property who subsequently remains in occupation as a tenant of the purchaser is estopped from disputing the validity of the sale.

Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 1963

Principle established: A vendor who sells property and remains in possession as a paying tenant of the buyer is estopped from denying the validity of the conveyance.

Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1972-73

Principle established: Under the doctrine of res judicata, parties are estopped from litigating not only points decided previously but every point properly belonging to the subject of litigation which could have been brought forward.

United Kingdom · 1946

Principle established: A promise intended to be binding and acted upon is enforceable even without consideration, preventing the promisor from acting inconsistently with that promise.

Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 1966

Principle established: Recovery of possession of land may be granted under a claim for further and better relief in a title action, and a prior trespass judgment where ownership was not in controversy does not estop.

Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1972-73

Principle established: An insurer that conducts the legal defence of an insured without repudiating liability is estopped from subsequently denying its obligation to indemnify.

Sierra Leone — Court of Appeal · 1973

Principle established: An insurer that assumes and conducts the defence of an insured without repudiating the claim is estopped from subsequently denying its liability to indemnify the insured.

Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1972-73

Principle established: Res judicata estops parties from relitigating issues fundamental to a prior decision and matters that could reasonably have formed part of that case, but does not apply to matters raised but not adjudicated upon.

Uganda · 2015

Principle established: A beneficiary may be estopped from challenging estate distribution if they have acquiesced to another's possession and use of the property for a significant period.

Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1964-66

Principle established: An insurance agent's knowledge of material facts is imputed to the insurer, and an insurer's approval of an insured's bookkeeping system estops it from relying on policy conditions requiring specific accounting standards.

Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 1961

Principle established: A party who ratifies a lease after attaining majority is estopped from repudiating it, and a successor in title remains bound by the estoppel affecting the lessors.

Sierra Leone — Supreme Court · 1975

Principle established: An appellate court should only overturn a trial judge's findings of fact in the rarest circumstances and on the plainest considerations, and proprietary estoppel requires clear proof of mistaken belief.

Sierra Leone — African Law Reports · 1972-73

Principle established: A landlord who encourages a tenant or licensee to expend money improving property under an expectation of an enlarged interest is estopped in equity from revoking the right without compensation.