What is the test for estopped from a contract?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Peterson v. 446690 B.C. Ltd. (Seymour Arm Hotel & Restaurant), 2016 BCSC 158 (CanLII):

Where a party unequivocally affirms a contract, whether by words or conduct, or circumstances would make it unjust, inequitable or unfair for that party to resile from the contract, he or she will be estopped from doing so: Gulston v. Aldred, 2010 BCSC 241 at para. 52.

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