Vendor and purchaser
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Pitt v PHH Asset Management Ltd
Sale of land — Whether contract formed — Whether ‘lock-out agreement’
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Hone and another v Benson and another
Preliminary issues on points of law–Vendors of restaurant premises can be liable as a matter of law to purchasers for negligence–Alleged faulty construction of building and in particular central-heating and…
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Ware v Verderber
Claims by purchaser for failure to deliver chattels sold with house and for failure by vendor to take proper care of property after contract, resulting in dilapidations or waste by…
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Capital & Suburban Properties Ltd v Swycher and others
Vendor and purchaser–A vendor who elects to pursue specific performance cannot, on continued default by the purchaser, claim on the basis of non-compliance with a preceding notice to complete
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Aquis Estates Ltd v Minton and another
Four-year fag-end of lease of industrial property in Southwark sold for £50,000–‘Foot in the door’ for acquisition of freehold from Crown Estate Commissioners and redevelopment of site–Sale subject to adverse…
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Trees Ltd v Cripps and others
Unusual action for alleged breach of confidentiality — Claim that a contract made by intending vendors of land to keep confidential the amounts of offers made by possible purchasers, including…
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Rightside Properties Ltd v Gray
Notice to complete sale of land not complied with, and vendor elects to accept supposed repudiation and treat contract as discharged by non-performance–Notice in fact insufficient–‘At least 21 days’ notice’…
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Federated Homes Ltd v Turner
Contract for sale of development land conditional (1) upon planning consent being obtained within five years, (2) upon a right of access being obtained for the benefit of all land…
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Michael Richards Properties Ltd v Corporation of Wardens of St Saviour’s Parish, Southwark
Sale by tender already effectively in contract form, with no terms remaining to be negotiated–Words ‘subject to contract’ mistakenly typed by a secretary on vendor’s acceptance of tender–Parties behaved as…
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Woods and others v Mackenzie Hill Ltd
Contract of sale of land incorporating Law Society’s conditions, including condition permitting service of notice to complete–Presence of this condition does not exclude normal contractual obligation to complete–Vendor entitled to…
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Watts v Spence and another
Contract of sale signed by one joint tenant without the authority of the other–Signatory held to have represented to purchaser that he owned the house and was in a position…
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Korogluyan v Matheou
Vendor and purchaser–Notice to treat and notice of entry served a month before property bought at auction–Vendor still in possession held to be unable to give ‘vacant possession’ in any…