Estate agents
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Antonelli v Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Estate Agents Act 1979 — Appeal against notice of decision that person unfit to carry on estate agency — Whether Secretary of State entitled to recharacterise nature of offences –…
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Knight Frank & Rutley v Randolph
Estate agents — Commission — Property introduced by plaintiff agents but vendor refused to pay agents’ share of commission — Allegation by vendor that a higher price could have been…
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Michael Elliott & Partners Ltd v UK Land plc
Estate agents — Claim by agents against purchasers for commission for services in finding properties — Agents not retained by vendors — Portfolio of properties in various areas — Difficulties…
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Chestertons v Collins
Employment — Appeal by firm of estate agents — Allegation by employee of unfair dismissal — Employee resigned after proposal to transfer him from residential to commercial office and claimed…
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Edwin Hill & Partners v First National Finance Corporation plc
Interference with contractual rights — Action by firm of surveyors and architects against bank mortgagees alleging that mortgagees had procured a breach of contract between surveyors and a property development…
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Brodie Marshall & Co v Carpenter and others
Estate agents’ claim for commission on sale of hotel — No appearance at trial by or on behalf of defendant vendors — Judge proceeded with trial of action, in accordance…
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Lordsgate Properties Ltd v Balcombe
Sale commission — Vendor of flat held liable for commission to two different estate agents whom he had instructed — Case where a purchaser was in effect bidding against himself…
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Lawrence Vanger & Co v Company Developments (Property Division) Ltd
Registration of Business Names Act 1916–Contracts by firms or persons who fail to furnish information unenforceable–Court’s discretion to grant relief to persons in default–Appeal by firm of consultant surveyors and…
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William G Dick Partnership v Brookmount Estates Ltd and another
Fees–Claim by quantity surveyors for professional fees–Dispute with property development company–Appeal by defendant company from decision of judge who had dismissed defendants’ appeal from a deputy master–Claim related to plaintiffs’…
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Nixon and others v Wood and others
Estate agency — Solicitors — Differences of view within solicitors’ partnership as to desirability of selling property after alteration of Law Society’s rules in 1985 to allow solicitors practising as…
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McCullagh v Lane Fox & Partners Ltd
Estate agents — Whether vendor’s estate agent owes duty of care to purchaser in respect of negligent misstatement
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R v Greenfield
Theft of deposits by estate agent–Payment of deposits into overdrawn business account–Fifteen months a light sentence–‘loud and clear’ warning by court