Dear Colleagues:

Congratulations go out to ODGer Ben McFarlane on the recent publication of The Law of Proprietary Esstopel by OUP. 

The book examines the evolution of proprietary estoppel over the past fifty years. Its focus is on English law, but it also considers material from other common law jurisdictions, including Australia, the United States, and Canada. Related doctrines, such as constructive trusts and unjust enrichment, also feature.  The book's consideration of a "promise-based" strand of proprietary estoppel may be of particular interest to ODGers, as it is argued that the English courts have recognised that A can come under a liability to B where B has reasonably relied on a promise by A and, as a result of that reliance, would now suffer a detriment were A to be wholly free to renege on that promise. It is currently assumed, in English law, that such a liability can arise only where A's promise relates to some land (or, possibly, other property) owned, or about to be owned by A; that assumption is questioned in the book.

Further information is available on the attached flyer, which also contains details on the 20% discount kindly offered by OUP.

Happy Reading,

-- 
Jason Neyers
Professor of Law
Faculty of Law
Western University
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