Evans v Evans

• 1. Equity
  2. › Estoppel
  3. › Proprietary estoppel
  4. › Requirement that plaintiff's assumption be reasonable
  5. › Whether assumption reasonable in context of informal family arrangement
  6. › Whether representations need be sufficiently certain to amount to valid contract
  7. › Whether expectation may arise from conduct over a period of time
  8. › Whether unconscionable to disappoint expectation
• 1. Equity
  2. › Estoppel
  3. › Proprietary estoppel
  4. › Detriment
  5. › Whether plaintiff must prove capacity to have purchased alternative property
  6. › Whether loss of chance sufficient detriment
  7. › Whether detriment need not be fanciful or unrealistic
• 1. Appeal and New Trial
  2. › New trial
  3. › Failure of trial judge to make specific findings of fact to resolve conflicts of evidence
  4. › Duty of trial judge to find facts
  5. › Desirability of making findings on all factual issues even if not necessary to disposition
• 1. Appeal and New Trial
  2. › Court of Appeal
  3. › Circumstances in which appellate court will make findings of fact where conflicts of evidence unresolved
  4. › Not where questions of credibility are central

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