Contract
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Barry Urquhart Associates (a firm) v East Surrey Healthcare NHS Trust and another
Architect — Contract of retainer — Entitlement to fees — Claimant architect retained by defendants’ predecessor to devise outline scheme for hospital development — Claimant’s scheme not proceeding — Defendant…
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Etzin v Reece and others
Repudiatory breach of contract — Acceptance of repudiation — Collective enfranchisement — Claimant lessee joining with defendants to acquire freehold of small block of flats — Claimant failing to produce…
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PP 2002/147
You don’t have to tell a lie to break a contract. Depending upon how things went wrong, a claim against another party to a contract may be based upon breach…
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PP 2002/146
Your negotiator may have got carried away. It is not unknown for a party to an apparently comprehensive contract to claim that its terms should be read in the light…
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PP 2002/143
Lock-out agreements. Quite understandably, most accounts of lock-out agreements are directed at the gazumphobic buyer: see, for example, Lock-outs: the purchaser’s remedy Estates Gazette 8 November 1997.
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PP 2002/122
Legit’ it ain’t . Picture two fraudsters, A and B, who fall out over how the proceeds of a joint venture should be shared.
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PP 2002/107
V and P make a deal that involves the sale or lease of V’s land to P. The formalities required by section 2 of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions)…
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PP 2002/74
Pre-incorporation contract – Section 36C(1) of Companies Act 1985 – Section 2 of Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 – Whether enforceable by signatory agent.
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Jones and another v Forest Fencing Ltd
Sale of land – Special condition in contract permitting incorporation of further terms into contract – Agent’s memorandum of sale confirming removal of sawmill equipment and electrical apparatus – Completion…
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PP 2002/54
A quick reading of replies to standard enquiries relating to building consents may indicate that there is nothing more to investigate.
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Liverpool City Council v Rosemary Chavasse Ltd and another
Council granting option to first defendant – First defendant’s intended development dependent on funding from Millennium Commission – Council contracting to lease to second defendant – Entitlement of second defendant…
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United Bank of Kuwait plc v Sahib and others
Residential property — Security for loan — Land certificate held by owners’ solicitors to order of lender — No legal mortgage executed — Whether deposit of title deeds giving lender…