Promissory estoppel can only act as a defence to an action: it cannot be used as a cause of action.
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Combe v Combe [1951] 2 KB 215
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Promissory estoppel can only act as a defence to an action: it cannot be used as a cause of action.
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#consideration #contract
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Promissory estoppel can only act as a defence to an action: it cannot be used as a cause of action.
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Combe v Combe [1951] 2 KB 215
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Open it Promissory estoppel can only act as a defence to an action: it cannot be used as a cause of action. This was made clear by the judgments of the Court of Appeal in Combe v Combe [1951] 2 KB 215. In the language of counsel for the husband in Combe v Combe, the doctrine is a shield and
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