Vendor and purchaser
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Amalgamated Investment & Property Co Ltd v John Walker & Sons Ltd
Department of Environment determines, shortly before exchange of contracts for sale of Victorian warehouse for £1,710,000, to list building as having special architectural or historic interest, and shortly after exchange…
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Glessing and another v Green
A conveyance executed by the vendor and returned to his solicitor prima facie operates as an escrow conditional upon completion in due course–The condition imports a time-limit, and the vendor…
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Museprime Properties Ltd v Adhill Properties Ltd
Vendor and purchaser — Sale by auction — Misrepresentation — Rents from properties sold wrongly represented as open to negotiation — Statements in auction particulars and by auctioneer misrepresented the…
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George Wimpey & Co Ltd v Commissioners of Inland Revenue
Option to purchase land granted for £15,000–Held subject to ad valorem stamp duty as a conveyance or transfer on sale–Transaction correctly described as a ‘sale’ in the context of the…
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Di Luca v Juraise (Springs) Ltd and others
Option to purchase — Option exercisable on specified events — Whether time of the essence for exercise of option
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Dhillon and another v Dhillon
Sale of grocery and post-office business–Contract broken by defendant–Claim for rectification not made out–Contract terminated for defendant’s breach–Inquiry into profits defendant might have made had the business not been closed…
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Amalgamated Investment & Property Co Ltd v John Walker & Sons Ltd
Contract for sale of commercial building at redevelopment value of £1.7m signed day before news of listing of property as building of architectural or historic interest–Purchasers stuck with premises now…
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Millers Wharf Partnership Ltd v Corinthian Column Ltd
Vendor and purchaser — Contract for grant of lease — Conditional contract — Performance of conditions — Provision that if conditions were not satisfied by a specified date either party…
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C & G Homes Ltd v Secretary of State for Health
Vendor and purchaser — Restrictive covenants — Alleged breaches by Secretary of State for Health — Houses purchased by Secretary of State and intended to be used in pursuance of…
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Topfell Ltd v Galley Properties Ltd
Action for specific performance of contract of sale of house with an abatement of the purchase price–House advertised for sale with vacant possession of ground floor but subject to a…
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Briargate Developments Ltd v Newprop Co Ltd ; Same v Taylor Woodrow Property Co Ltd
Vendor and purchaser — Development of shopping centre — Option agreement — Restrictions on assignment of benefit of agreement and provisions for sharing profit on resale within a stated period…
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Walford and others v Miles and another
Agreement to negotiate — Rival purchasers of business — ‘Lock-out agreement’ — Whether agreement enforceable — Whether a severable enforceable promise of exclusivity — Alternative claim in misrepresentation — Judge…