0 a legal rule that prevents someone from changing their mind about something they have previously said is true in court
1 a legal rule which prevents someone from saying in court that something they have previously stated as true in court, or that has been established by the court as true, is in fact not true:
However, by defending on the merits, after pleading and relying upon a foreign judgment, a party does not waive the benefits of an alleged estoppel arising from the foreign judgment.
Nor can the protection of reliance via estoppel be persuasively explained in terms of any other single concept.
It seems curious to argue that promissory estoppel is less of an artifice or somehow less complicated than finding a contract.
If collateral estoppel did apply, it would seem that the charge of "economic blackmail" would provide the basis for disapproving of the collateral estoppel doctrine.
Except in cases where an estoppel operates.
There are a small number of exceptions, such as the easements of various kinds, covenants, contracts or licences and estoppel rights.
It will not interfere with the present law in relation to acquiesence, and/or estoppel.
This is not a contract nor is it consent or written waiver, but it creates a promissory estoppel.
