Philosophy 2080 Lecture : Estoppel.docx
10 Apr 2012
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Precisely in connection with what can happen at a trial. Normally issues of estoppel comes up in contract law. Ex: someone in london england rents a great flat. They rent on long term least signed before world war two. World war two happens and the flat isn"t as appealing because it is in an area frequently bombed. Don"t leave; stay on and you can pay less as long as the war last. So they make an agreement that the terms of the original lease will be modified and at the regular date the renter pays mortified price. War end: flat owner goes to court to sue renter for the money that was cut during the war. He can do this because the modification was an informal written agreement. The court says the flat owner is estopped from prepaying the terms of the original lease because the owner made a verbal agreement.
