promissory estoppel

cj maxx · 27-09-2025 11:13PM #1

Dose it carry any weight ?

To make a long story short I was the . sibling to have any interest in my fathers land . I was always told from a young age I would receive it . To this end I started to up the place in the 90's when I was old enough .

I got my green cert , went abroad to earn money and put double glazing in , , septic tanks and piping , TV and put radiators and N new oil burner , basically a central heating system in . I did this with my father directing the work .( a farmer carpenter jack of all trades ).

As my parents got older I moved out

started a family . I still farmed the land and took it back from the renter at the time I

My parents have since changed their will , to my mind under duress from my siblings , but I have did and paid for everything .

Do I have a valid case to get the land ?

Peregrinus · 28-09-2025 01:06AM

Are your parents dead?

cj maxx · 28-09-2025 10:25PM

No , but very elderly . The last year or so I've havent been driving so the usual duties I did , shopping , appointments etc have been done by my brothers . But until then pretty much got to do with the house and land I did it on that understanding . ( I hope it doesn't come across as mercenary ) .

Peregrinus · 29-09-2025 06:16AM

You need to talk to your parents about this. Getting them to change their wills is likely to be easier and cheaper than getting the High Court to set it aside after they have died.

If your parents won't leave the farm to you, they may be willing to subject it to a charge for the repayment to you of the amounts you have invested in it.

dingding · 29-09-2025 10:59AM

It is the last surviving parent that will probably matter.

I would expect that they would be advised in the first instance to leave it to the surviving spouse.

When the surviving spouse passes, then the issue arises.

Alas sometimes with parents eaten bread is soon forgotten, and as they get more older they may get more suspicious, particularly with the onset of memory issues.