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Promissory Estoppel In The Supreme Court Of Canada, J A. Manwaring
Promissory Estoppel In The Supreme Court Of Canada, J A. Manwaring
Dalhousie Law Journal
In 1972, Viscount Hailsham of St Marylebone said- ... the time may soon come when the whole sequence of cases based on promissory estoppel since the war ... may need to be reviewed and reduced to a coherent body of doctrine by the courts. I do not mean to say that they are to be regarded with suspicion. But as is common with an expanding doctrine, they do raise problems of coherent exposition which have never been systematically explored I Promissory estoppel has yet to receive serious attention from the Supreme Court of Canada, in spite of the fact that …
Sobeys Stores Limited V. Yeomans Et Al: A Case Comment, Michael V. Coyle
Sobeys Stores Limited V. Yeomans Et Al: A Case Comment, Michael V. Coyle
Dalhousie Law Journal
In Sobeys Store Limited v. Yeomans et aLI the Appeal Division of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court seems to strike down the provisions of the provincial Labour Standards Code2 that make reinstatement a viable remedy for senior workers who have been dismissed without just cause. In reality, the judgement, now on appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, may have missed its mark by a wide margin and, despite the obvious intention of the Court, left these very provisions untouched in the result.