Estate agent
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Lancashire County Council v Buchanan
Particulars of sale – Misdescription – Trading standards – Respondent compiling particulars of sale of property – Trading standards officer alleging offences under Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 – District judge…
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R (on the application of Brinsons (a firm)) v Financial Ombudsman Service Ltd
Mortgage – Endowment policy – Claimant arranging mortgage-linked policy – Clients complaining policy missold – Whether financial ombudsman having jurisdiction to deal with complaint – Application dismissed
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PP 2007/49
Liability for estate agents’ commission
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Fleurets Ltd v Dashwood
Sale of property – Appellant entering into sole selling rights agreement – Appellant agreeing to pay commission on sale – First agent introducing purchaser – Second agent concluding deal –…
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Dacre Son & Hartley Ltd v North Yorkshire Trading Standards
Property misdescription — Procedure — Conviction for offences of making false and misleading statements contrary to section 1(1) of Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 — Whether informations containing sufficient details of…
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PP 2003/25
Who did you get your instructions from?. Catching up on paperwork may not be your top priority, but a recent case serves as a warning to estate agents who are…
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PP 2003/23
Keeping your ear to the ground. Q Instructed by a seller, you put a property on the market at £1.5m even though a similar property is in another agent’s window…
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John D Wood & Co (Residential & Agricultural) Ltd v Knatchbull
Estate agent — Duty of care — Duty to inform — Claimant seeking payment of commission on sale of defendant’s mews property — Defendant counterclaiming — Whether negligent valuation –…
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PP 2002/81
Bringing a property to the attention of a prospective buyer when you have no instructions from the seller requires a variety of skills, not to mention a suitably toughened skin.