LAWG 100D1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Ross Case, Expectation Damages, Estoppel
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In gilbert steel, there is a market increase in the price of steel, will you help me absorb that market increase. Not only do they say yes, they also lead gilbert steel on by the way they are paying heir invoices: law is about doctrine, and then about the ways away that doctrine. The promise was for the duration of the war. Denning, in obiter says, if the landlords hard try to sue for years other then the war, then i would have stopped them. The creation of promissory estoppel was not needed in this case. Finding consideration in practical benefit williams v roffey. Subcontractor: the owner contracted to roffey, who subcontracted to williams, he using the promise as a cause of action, as a sword. In other words he is basing his claim on the promise. According to high trees, you can"t do this, but this is not the case in roffey.