Question 1:
Are the principles established in Tool Metal v Tungsten Electric [1955] 1 WLR 761 binding on this court? Explain your reasoning.
Question 2:
How appropriate is it to apply the principles established in Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd [1947] KB 130 to this appeal? Explain your reasoning.
Question 3:
Explain how the decision in Ajayi v RT Briscoe (Nigeria) Ltd [1964] 1 WLR 1326 may apply to this appeal.
Question 4:
Thedoctrineofpromissoryestoppeloperatesnotonlytosuspendthepromisor’s strict legal rights but can operate so as to prevent the enforcement of them should it be sufficiently inequitable to do so.
Questions from the Judge:
From the list of questions below, you are to respond to ANY TWO and incorporate your responses to these questions as part of your presentation ( Just choose 2 questions to answer ).
Question 1:
Are the principles established in Tool Metal v Tungsten Electric [1955] 1 WLR 761 binding on this court? Explain your reasoning.
Question 2:
How appropriate is it to apply the principles established in Central London Property Trust Ltd v High Trees House Ltd [1947] KB 130 to this appeal? Explain your reasoning.
Question 3:
Explain how the decision in Ajayi v RT Briscoe (Nigeria) Ltd [1964] 1 WLR 1326 may apply to this appeal.
Question 4:
What problems / positive developments may follow if the court were to recognise that the doctrine of promissory estoppel could prevent the enforcement of strict legal rights?