Bentleys Estate Agents Ltd v Granix Ltd
Bentleys Estate Agents Ltd v Granix Ltd
- 1989
- Estates Gazette (1989) 27 EG 93 .
QBD 21 October 1989 In this action Bentleys Estate Agents (B) sued Granix (G), a property company , for commission gained by the introduction of a Mr and Mrs Dunn to a maisonette owned by G. B had introduced the Dunns to G and claimed commission. However, G contended that this introduction was in fact made by another firm of estate agents (X). Both estate agents charged G commission and G faced with competing claims and with no direct knowledge of the facts, paid the commission to X, but subject to an undertaking to indemnify G if it should turn out that B were entitled to commission. X had first brought the property to the Dunns` notice, but it was B who persuaded them to view it. However, the Dunns agreed that it would be unfair for B to have the commission for the sale as they felt X had been more helpful in trying to find them something to buy. So they decided to cancel an appointment with B and arrange one with X. X was informed, but B wasn`t and therefore both firms turned up f
QBD 21 October 1989 In this action Bentleys Estate Agents (B) sued Granix (G), a property company , for commission gained by the introduction of a Mr and Mrs Dunn to a maisonette owned by G. B had introduced the Dunns to G and claimed commission. However, G contended that this introduction was in fact made by another firm of estate agents (X). Both estate agents charged G commission and G faced with competing claims and with no direct knowledge of the facts, paid the commission to X, but subject to an undertaking to indemnify G if it should turn out that B were entitled to commission. X had first brought the property to the Dunns` notice, but it was B who persuaded them to view it. However, the Dunns agreed that it would be unfair for B to have the commission for the sale as they felt X had been more helpful in trying to find them something to buy. So they decided to cancel an appointment with B and arrange one with X. X was informed, but B wasn`t and therefore both firms turned up f