What are the principles applicable to an argument of estoppel in respect of limitation defence?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Cadwell Estate v Martin, 2021 BCSC 1089 (CanLII):

A discussion of the principles applicable to an argument of estoppel in respect of a limitation defence is set out in the decision of Justice Pearlman in Beavis v. Beavis, 2014 BCSC 590 [Beavis], as follows:

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