Vendor and purchaser
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Ruff v Crest Homes (Wessex) Ltd
Option to purchase land — Condition that planning permission obtained for residential development — Specified option period — Provision for extension — Refusal of planning permission — Appeal — Option…
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Chohan v Saggar and others
Transfer of property to sitting tenant — Discounted price — Transaction at undervalue — Protection of accrued rights of innocent third party — Court of Appeal holding that tenant was…
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National & Provincial Building Society v British Waterways Board and others
Summary judgment — Contract for sale of land — Development scheme for land owned by appellants — Site leased by appellant to developer — Phased transfer of site by appellant…
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Haigh and another v Wright Hassall & Co
Public house –Purchase of leasehold property — Short lease — Client purchasers assuring solicitor that funds for purchase would be forthcoming — Solicitor proceeding to exchange contracts — Clients unable…
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E Johnson & Co (Barbados) Ltd v NSR Ltd
Exchange of contracts for sale of land — Initiation of compulsory purchase procedure — Purchaser refusing to complete — Compulsory acquisition thereafter — Remedies open to vendor — Whether vendor…
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National Schizophrenia Fellowship v Ribble Estates SA and others
Construction — Covenant restricting activities in residential property — Plaintiff acquiring property for persons discharged into community care — Whether words of covenant apt to cover such a situation –…
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Dodd v Crown Estate Commissioners
Purchase of land — No rights of connection to sewerage system — Purchaser claiming that land purchased in reliance on representation that land had drainage — Agents’ particulars referred to…
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TSB Bank plc v Botham
Sale by mortgagee — Whether specified items annexed to property were fixtures — High Court holding items subject to mortgage — Declaration that items were fixtures — Bank entitled to…
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Paper Properties Ltd v Power Corporation plc and another
Commercial premises — Purchase of freehold — Surrender of current lease — Sale of freehold with proviso for further payment if lease arranged within specified time after vacant possession obtained…
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Edwards and another v Strong and another
Option to purchase — Consideration — Death of vendor intestate — Purported notice to exercise option — Notice addressed to executors — High Court holding that option holder had not…
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Regalian Properties plc and others v London Dockland Development Corporation
Developer — Offer to purchase site — Agreement “subject to contract” — Parties unable to agree terms — Prospective purchaser incurring expense in relation to proposed development — Whether purchaser…
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Neighbour and another v Barker and another
Misrepresentation — Plaintiffs buying bungalow — Vendor’s replies to inquiries misstating condition of property — Solicitors advising survey before exchange of contracts — No survey carried out — Serious defects…