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• Title:The law of waiver, variation, and estoppel / Sean Wilken, Karim Ghaly.
  
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• Variant Title:Law of waiver, variation, and estoppel
  
• Author/Creator:Wilken, Sean.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Ghaly, Karim.
  Wilken, Sean. Wilken and Villiers the law of waiver, variation, and estoppel.
  
• Published/Created:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KD703.W34 .W55 2012
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Waiver--Great Britain.
  Estoppel--Great Britain.
  Contracts--Great Britain.
  
• Edition:3rd ed.
  
• Description:lxiv, 471 p. ; 26 cm.
  
• Notes:Rev. ed. of: Wilken and Villiers the law of waiver, variation, and estoppel. 2nd ed. 2002.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780199696833 (cloth : alk. paper)
  0199696837 (cloth : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
  A. Complete Doctrines?
  (1). Links to other doctrines?
  (2). unified theory?
  (3). series of interlocking doctrines?
  B. Scheme of the Text
  2. Variation
  A. Introduction
  B. Terminological versus Actual Distinctions
  C. Requirements for a Variation
  (1). valid and subsisting contract
  (2). Consensus as to the obligations which are altered
  (3). Action to benefit or detriment
  D. Difficulties Associated with the Doctrine
  (1). effect of a variation
  (2). effect of a unilateral variation
  (3). moderation of commercial difficulties of variation
  3. Waiver (I)
  -Terminology
  A. Historic Difficulties in Defining the Term
  B. Definition
  (1). process of exclusion
  (2). process of inclusion
  C. Provisos to a Definition
  (1). Historical origins
  (2). Current usage
  4. Waiver (II)
  -Types ofWaiver and Their Elements
  A. Waiver by Election
  (1). Elements of waiver by election
  (2). Examples of waiver by election
  B. Pure Waiver
  C. Total Waiver
  D. Unilateral Waiver
  E. Equitable Forbearance
  F. Elements Common to All Forms of Waiver
  G. Practical Effect
  5. Waiver (III)
  -Complexities
  A. Effect of Waiver
  B. Is Waiver Case Specific?
  C. Evidence Required to Support a Waiver
  D. Waiver by X's Agent
  E. Effect on Third Party Rights
  (1). Title
  (2). Other rights
  6. Election, Affirmation, and Acquiescence
  A. Introduction
  B. Election
  (1). Elements of the doctrine
  (2). Limits of the doctrine
  C. Acquiescence
  7. Estoppels
  -A General Introduction
  A. Introduction
  B. Unified Theory
  (1). Formulations of the unified theory
  (2). Theoretical bases for the unified theory
  (3). Authority in support of a unified theory
  C. Failure of the Unified Theory
  (1). impossibility of a completely unified theory
  (2). Difficulties with a unified theory limited to estoppel
  (3). Rejection of the unified theory
  -authorities
  D. Various Estoppels
  -A Summary
  (1). Outline
  (2). General nature of the doctrines
  (3). Elements
  8. Equitable Forbearance
  A. Introduction
  (1). Background
  (2). Summary of elements
  (3). Terminology and approach
  (4). Interface with contract
  B. Elements of Equitable Forbearance
  (1). Pre-existing legal relationship
  (2). Promise or representation
  (3). promise must have been intended to affect the legal relationship between the parties
  (4). promisor must have intended the promise to be acted upon or have known that it was acted upon
  (5). promisor's knowledge
  (6). Reliance
  (7). Detriment and inequity
  (8). Relief
  C. Scope of Equitable Forbearance
  D. Effect of Equitable Forbearance on Third Parties
  (1). Assignment of the contract
  (2). Transfer of land
  E. Formality
  9. Estoppel by Representation
  A. Introduction
  (1). Summary of elements
  (2). rule of evidence or substantive law: may estoppel by representation give rise to a cause of action?
  (3). Estoppel by representation and contractual estoppel
  (4). Mutuality
  B. Elements of Estoppel by Representation
  (1). Representation
  (2). Knowledge and intention
  (3). Reliance
  (4). Detriment
  C. Relief
  (1). Can estoppel by representation operate pro tanto?
  D. Defences
  (1). representation was improperly induced
  (2). Undermining the effect of a statute
  E. Effect of Estoppel by Representation on Third Parties
  (1). Passing title
  (2). Transferring the benefit of the estoppel
  (3). Transferring the burden of the estoppel
  F. Estoppel by Negligence
  (1). Elements
  (2). Points of difficulty
  (3). alternative explanation of the so-called `estoppel by negligence' cases
  10. Estoppel by Convention
  A. Introduction
  B. Broader Analysis of the Doctrine
  C. Application of the Doctrine
  (1). Shared assumption
  (2). Unjust or unconscionable
  D. Estoppel by Convention as a Sword
  11. Proprietary Estoppel
  A. Introduction
  (1). Summary of elements
  (2). Terminology
  B. Categories of Cases
  (1). `imperfect gift' cases
  (2). `common expectation' cases
  (3). `unilateral mistake' cases
  C. Elements
  (1). Assurance
  (2). Reliance
  (3). Detriment
  D. Remedies
  (1). aim of the discretion
  (2). Exercising the discretion: relevant factors
  (3). Exercising the discretion: quantum
  (4). Examples of remedies granted
  E. Effect of Proprietary Estoppel on Third Parties
  (1). burden
  (2). benefit
  F. Scope of Proprietary Estoppel
  (1). Land and other types of property
  (2). Present and future rights in property
  (3). After-acquired property
  (4). Specific property
  G. Comparison with the Law of Constructive Trust
  (1). Common expectation and common intention
  (2). commercial context
  (3). domestic context
  (4). Remedies
  H. Comparison with the Law of Contract
  12. Estoppel by Deed
  A. Introduction
  (1). Terminology
  (2). Categorising estoppel by deed
  B. Elements of Estoppel by Deed
  (1). Summary of elements
  (2). statement of fact contained in a deed
  (3). Estoppel by deed only operates in actions on the deed and does not cover collateral issues between the parties
  (4). Detrimental reliance
  C. Relief
  D. Defences
  (1). statement was not intended to be attributable to the party that W seeks to estop
  (2). deed is void, voidable, or rectifiable
  (3). estoppel would contravene or undermine a statute
  (4). estoppel would contravene public policy
  E. Parties Affected by Estoppel by Deed
  (1). original parties
  (2). privies of those who executed the deed
  (3). Other parties
  (4). Passing title
  F. Estoppel Arising in Property Transactions
  (1). Estates or interests created by estoppel
  (2). Feeding the estoppel
  (3). Distinctions between the operation of the two estoppel doctrines
  (4). Feeding title to registered land
  (5). Practical limitations on the feeding title principle
  13. Anomalies
  -The Panchand Freres `Doctrine' and Contractual `Estoppel'
  A. Introduction
  B. Panchaud Freres
  (1). doctrine
  (2). Subsequent consideration of the doctrine application
  (3). Resolving the contradiction
  (4). Effect of the decision
  C. Contractual Estoppel
  (1). Peekay
  (2). Subsequent consideration
  (3). True nature of the doctrine
  14. Procedural Doctrines
  -Res Judicata, Issue Estoppel, and Abuse of Process
  A. Introduction
  B. Root Distinctions
  C. Constituent Differences
  (1). Elements of the procedural doctrines
  15. Commercial Law
  16. Agency
  A. Waiver
  (1). Agent's authority to make unequivocal representations
  (2). Imputation of agent's knowledge to the principal
  B. Estoppel
  (1). Estoppel and ostensible authority
  (2). Estoppel and the relationship between principal, agent, and third party
  (3). Estoppel and third parties
  17. Banking Law
  A. Variation
  (1). Variation of the guarantee
  (2). Variation of the facility
  B. Waiver
  (1). operation of loan facilities
  (2). maintenance of security
  (3). Syndication
  (4). Bills of exchange
  (5). Documentary credits
  C. Estoppel
  (1). mandate
  (2). Guarantees
  (3). Syndication
  (4). Bills of exchange and securities
  (5). Documentary credits
  (6). Restitutionary claims
  18. Company Law
  A. Waiver
  (1). Voluntarily relinquishing a right
  (2). Bypassing statutory requirements
  B. Estoppel
  (1). Estoppel and company agents
  (2). issue of shares and securities
  19. Construction Law
  A. Introduction
  B. Variation
  (1). meaning of variation
  (2). requirements for variation
  (3). Mechanisms for variation
  C. Waiver
  (1). Waiver of defects
  (2). Continuing breaches
  D. Estoppel
  20. Insurance Law
  A. Introduction
  B. Waiver
  (1). meaning of waiver
  (2). When will there be a waiver by election?
  (3). Particular difficulties which arise from the application of waiver to insurance law
  (4). effect of a waiver
  C. Election
  (1). Modification by the policy
  (2). Means by which the election can be made
  (3). effect of the election
  D. Estoppel
  (1). role of equitable forbearance
  (2). Greater flexibility of estoppel
  (3). Representations triggering an estoppel
  (4). Reliance/detriment necessary
  (5). Rights lost as a result of an estoppel
  E. Practical Responses to the Issues Raised by these Doctrines in Insurance Law
  (1). Prior to litigation
  (2). After the commencement of litigation
  21. International Trade, Sale of Goods, and Shipping
  A. Introduction
  (1). Terminological difficulties associated with waiver
  B. Sale of Goods
  (1). Waiver
  (2). Estoppel
  C. Shipping
  (1). Waiver
  (2). Election
  (3). Estoppel
  22. Landlord and Tenant
  A. Waiver
  (1). Waiver by election
  B. Equitable Forbearance
  (1). Rent
  (2). Notice to repair
  C. Estoppel
  (1). Estoppel by convention
  (2). Estoppel by representation.