English Contract Law
Promissory Estoppel:
• There are 57 different types of estoppel under our legal system.
• This is why it must be qualified as promissory estoppel.
o Invented by Denning L. in 1940s.
o Original formulation had in it ambiguitiy almost to the point of contradiction.
• Para 2 on page 316
o 3 or 4 diff formulations just in that one […]
Contract Law Good Faith
Intention
Intention refers to the time of formation.
• The contract is the contract that was formed at that moment.
• Nothing that happened afterwards is at all relevant.
• Do not discuss intention without acknowledging that it is crystalized at the moment of formation.
• Intention must be judge objectively.
o People intend what we say they intend.
o Ex: Esquimalt: […]
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