Auctions
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Barnard Marcus & Co v Ashraf
Auction — Entitlement to commission — Commission payable in the event of any sale — Property sold before sale by different agent — Whether commission clause a penalty
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Barry v Heathcote Ball & Co (Commercial Auctions) Ltd
Auctions — Lots offered without reserve — Auctioneer withdrawing lots after bids he considered inadequate — Section 57 of Sales of Goods Act 1979 — Whether auctioneer entitled to withdraw…
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Brown v Draper & Co
Auctioneers must either adopt the client’s description of goods put up for sale or protect themselves with a suitable condition–Damages awarded against firm which simply substituted its own description without…
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Harrop v Thompson and another
Auction of farm–Agreement by purchaser with potential bidder restraining competition, if it could be established, would not invalidate the contract or bar a suit for specific performance–Summary judgment awarded–Further point…
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Luxmoore-May and another v Messenger May Baverstock
Auction — Sale by auction of two small paintings, each of a single foxhound on a rocky seashore — Complaint by plaintiff owners that defendants, provincial auctioneers, had been in…
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Luxmoore-May and another v Messenger May Baverstock
Auction — Negligence — Sale by auction of two small paintings, each of a single foxhound on a rocky seashore — Successful appeal by provincial auctioneers from decision of Simon…
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May v Vincent
Trade Descriptions Act 1968 — Application to auctioneers — Attribution in auction catalogue of a painting to ‘J M W Turner RA’ — Painting not by Turner — Information preferred…
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Moore and another v Khan-Ghauri
Auction — Sale of properties — Successful bidder’s failure to complete — Whether the latter had a defence to vendors’ claim to forfeiture of deposit and damages for breach of…
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Fordham and another v Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd
Action by vendor’s executors following auction sale–Picture believed to be by de Chirico, although disowned by him–No warranty of genuineness given–Picture knocked down to absent Italian bidder–Conditions of sale–Rejection by…
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Spriggs v Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co Ltd
Theft of valuable diamond before auction sale — Action against auctioneers claiming damages for loss — Exclusion clause in contract with auctioneers disclaiming responsibility for loss — Diamond stolen from…
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Alchemy (International) Ltd v Tattersalls Ltd and another
Auction — Special bloodstock sale of high-quality foals at Newmarket — Action by vendors, breeders of bloodstock, against auctioneers and a person, one Flood, to whom a colt had been…
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Du Boulay and others v Raggett and another
Auction — Land offered at auction — Agreement between prospective bidders that one would bid for all and that, if the bid were successful, the land would be divided between…