A house of horrors

Murdoch, J.

A house of horrors - 2004 - Estates Gazette (0419) 8 May 2004, 163(1) .

Discusses "Sykes v Taylor-Rose and another" ([2004] EWCA Civ 299, Abs67660) which upheld the principle of caveat emptor by maintaining that the defendant did not have a positive duty to disclose that there had been a murder at the house several years before. CA ruled that the defendant has answered the claimants preliminary enquires about the property in an honest fashion.


SYKES AND ANOTHER V TAYLOR-ROSE AND ANOTHER
NEGLIGENT MISSTATEMENT
FAILURE TO DISCLOSE FACTS
MISREPRESENTATION
SALE OF LAND