Contract for sale
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Contractual notices: the need to comply with contractual requirements
Failure to serve a notice to complete in accordance with the contractual provisions meant…
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Sub-purchasers do not acquire an equitable interest in the property being sold
An uncompleted contract for the sale of land does not have the same effect as a declaration of trust
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Equity to the rescue in contract for sale case
The case considered the ownership of six investment properties in Manchester
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An uncertain completion date did not invalidate an agreement
What is the effect of an agreement that a buyer will complete as soon as formalities are completed?
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Will the court order specific performance of a contract if the purchase price has been artificlally reduced to evade higher rates of stamp duty land tax?
The property at the centre of the dispute in Shah v Greening [2016] EWHC 548 (Ch); [2016] PLSCS 178 was the subject of a contract for sale for £500,000
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A contract signed by one of two joint purchasers was binding on the signatory
Section 2 of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 imposes strict requirements that affect contracts to buy and sell land.
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The standard conditions in contracts for sale will not prevent rescission or relieve a seller from liability in damages for fraudulent or reckless misrepresentations
Buyers who enter into a contract on the basis of the Standard Commercial Property Conditions (Second Edition) are not entitled to rescind even though a plan or statement in the…
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Parties should specify what financial or other consequences flow from any delays in complying with obligations that are pre-conditions to completion.
Parties often enter into contracts subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. In property transactions, such conditions often relate to physical investigations, or to certificates or approvals that must be…
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It may be dangerous to rely solely on a general condition requiring a buyer to pay VAT in addition to the purchase price.
The question whether or not the price for land includes or excludes value added tax turns on the provisions in the parties’ contract.
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PP 2013/83
Contract for sale Compensation
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PP 2012/114
Contract for sale, Land registration
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PP 2011/70
Contracts for sale