The court had to decide the measure of damages. The claimant had lost the opportunity to acquire without charge a milk quota. The claimant asserted an estoppel by convention. This failed. Also the judge had not properly allowed for the marriage value of changes in the value of a second plot becoming used in conjunction with nearby land.
[2001] EWHC Ch 427
Bailii
Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1994
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Amalgamated Investment and Property Co Ltd (in Liq) v Texas Commerce International Bank Ltd CA 1982
The court explained the nature of an estoppel by convention.
Lord Denning MR said: ‘The doctrine of estoppel is one of the most flexible and useful in the armoury of the law. But it has become overloaded with cases. That is why I have not gone . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Agriculture, Damages, Estoppel
Updated: 27 January 2022; Ref: scu.135476