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
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