Vendor and purchaser
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Morrall and another v Krause and another
Written contract — Defendants buying freehold property and agreeing to grant plaintiffs 999-year lease of ground-floor flat — Plaintiffs seeking specific performance — Defendants contending for oral variation to written…
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R v Trent Regional Health Authority and another, ex parte Westerman Ltd and another
Disposal of land by regional health authority — Land acquired by health authority under threat of compulsion — Land formerly in possession of two owners — Owners forming consortium for…
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Smith v Drumm and others
Purchaser buying property – Completion before answering of pre-contractual inquiries – Gas remaining unconnected – Electricity being disconnected due to illegal fuse box – Whether vendor had made misrepresentations in…
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Wright v Robert Leonard Developments Ltd
Sale of property to include fixtures and fittings — Contract failed to specify fixtures and fittings — Chattels removed by vendor after exchange but before completion — County court holding…
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Re Brook Martin & Co (Nominees) Ltd
Property company — Nominee for anonymous purchasers — Sole directors and shareholders also acting as company solicitors — Damages awarded against company for failure to complete purchase of property –…
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Cabra Estates plc and others v Glendower Investments Ltd
Sale of property — Caution on register — Failure to complete purchase — Completion date extended subject to agreement to release deposit to vendor for own use absolutely — Failure…
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Overseas Investment Services Ltd v Simcobuild Construction Services Ltd and another
Agreement relating to future highway over land — Land subject to development — Whether public rights created thereby — High Court holding that overriding rights created binding on subsequent purchaser…
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Hillreed Land Ltd v Beautridge and others
Residential development — Option to purchase land — Planning permission to be obtained — Price fixed on basis of grant of planning permission — Planning permission applied for but not…
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TSB Bank plc v Botham and others
Sale by mortgagee bank — Whether specified items annexed to property were fixtures — High Court holding items subject to mortgage — Declaration that items were fixtures — Bank entitled…
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Johnson and another v Bournemouth Borough Council
Lease — Assignment of short-term lease — Long-term intention to seek purchase of freehold reversion — Formal and information inquiries prior to purchase — Concern over highway construction affecting property…
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First Post Homes Ltd v Johnson and others
Oral agreement for sale of land — Letter reciting terms — Vendor died — Purchaser seeking to enforce contract — Letter signed by one party only — Plan enclosed with…
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McCausland and another v Duncan Lawrie Ltd and another
Completed contract for sale of land — Subsequent variation by agreement for completion date — Defendant vendors maintaining that variation valid — Judgment for defendants