Walford and others v Miles and another
Language: English Series: Estates Gazette ; (1991) 27 EG 114-123; 28 EG 81-86(9)Publication details: 1991Subject(s): Summary: CA 19 December 1991. The CA was divided over interpretation of an oral agreement that vendors of a business would not enter negotiations with a third party but deal exclusively with the plaintiff purchasers. A majority of the court found this to be unenforceable as merely an agreement to enter a contract but one judge dissented, finding that the agreement not to negotiate with anyone else was severable from the agreement merely to negotiate and therefore enforceable.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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CA 19 December 1991. The CA was divided over interpretation of an oral agreement that vendors of a business would not enter negotiations with a third party but deal exclusively with the plaintiff purchasers. A majority of the court found this to be unenforceable as merely an agreement to enter a contract but one judge dissented, finding that the agreement not to negotiate with anyone else was severable from the agreement merely to negotiate and therefore enforceable.