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PROPRIETARY ESTOPPEL REMEDIES IN HONG KONG: LESSONS FROM SINGAPORE, ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.

PROPRIETARY ESTOPPEL REMEDIES IN HONG KONG: LESSONS FROM SINGAPORE, ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.

Authors :
Ying Khai Liew
Source :
Hong Kong Law Journal; 2020, Vol. 50 Issue 1, p109-138, 30p
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

This article addresses the remedial approach which ought to be taken in relation to proprietary estoppel, an important matter which Hong Kong courts have yet to address explicitly. Drawing from the divergent experiences of England, Australia and Singapore, it makes two central points. First, the provision of expectation relief, as opposed to compensation for reliance loss (the "minimum equity" approach) ought to be adopted as a weak starting point for analysis. Second, to say that "expectation relief' is the starting point should be taken to mean that the claimant's expectation will prima facie be enforced in specie, as opposed simply to a prima facie award of the monetary value of the claimant's expectation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03780600
Volume :
50
Issue :
1
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Hong Kong Law Journal
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
145308747