Vendor penalised for failing to disclose footpath dispute

Vendor penalised for failing to disclose footpath dispute - 2001 - Estates Gazette (1014) 27 January 2001, 140(1) .

Purchasers rely on vendors' replies to preliminary enquiries about various parts of a property. If the information provided is misleading or false the purchaser can bring an action for misrepresentation. Discusses "Dart v Ely", which illustrates this liability, and concerned a vendor's failure to disclose details about a seafront footpath dispute.


DART V ELY
MISREPRESENTATION
NEGLIGENT MISREPRESENTATION
FOOTPATH
PRE-CONTRACT ENQUIRIES
INFORMATION PROVISION
VENDORS