Contract
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PP 2003/25
Who did you get your instructions from?. Catching up on paperwork may not be your top priority, but a recent case serves as a warning to estate agents who are…
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PP 2003/16
ADR agreement likened to arbitration agreement. A and B contract on terms that they will attempt to resolve disputes through mediation or other ADR procedure.
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PP 2003/12
Time to update that checklist. Without standard conditions of sale, conveyancing would grind to a halt. That said, there are occasions where their wholesale adoption can operate to the disadvantage…
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Great Peace Shipping Ltd v Tsavliris (International) Ltd
Common mistake — Common law — Equity — Appellant wishing to cancel contract of charter entered into on shared mistaken assumption — Whether mistake rendering performance of contract essentially different…
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Ministry of Defence v Country & Metropolitan Homes (Rissington) Ltd and another
Overage — Buyer obliged to pay additional amount in event of obtaining residential planning consent — Buyer released from overage obligation on one plot if buildings thereon demolished — Buyer…
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PP 2002/172
Steps towards standardisation. Prepared by the London Property Support Lawyers Group and endorsed by the British Property Federation, four sets of suggested pre-contract enquiries pertaining to the sale or leasing…
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PP 2002/176
A case of asset stripping?. A vendor is clearly in breach of contract if, before giving up possession, he removes items that ranked as fixtures at the date upon which…
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PP 2002/181
It need not be Heartbreak Hotel. Legal issues arising on the purchase of any valuable commercial property can be particularly acute when you are dealing with an hotel.
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ABB Zantingh Ltd v Zedal Building Services Ltd
Contract between claimant and defendant for installation of electricity generators at printing sites – No express agreement for adjudication – Dispute between parties – Defendant applying for appointment of adjudicator…
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North East Lincolnshire Borough Council v Millennium Park (Grimsby) Ltd
Development — Landfill site — Building contract — Proposal to build commercial and leisure complex — Agreement for defendant to carry out development — Defendant failing to complete contract, including…
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Freund v Charles Scott Developments (South Devon) Ltd
Sale of land — Contract — Construction — Appellant taking assignment of contract to purchase land — Respondent vendor’s obligation to sell conditional upon purchaser making successful planning application –…