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Watson and another v Lane Fox & Partners Ltd

Language: English Series: Estates Gazette ; (1991) 49 EG 71-83(8)Publication details: 1991Subject(s): Summary: QBD 31 January 1991. Vendors of a property claimed that their surveyor was guilty of negligence and misrepresentation by advising the vendors to accept one purchaser`s offer and not giving a competing purchaser a reasonable opportunity to offer a higher price. This, so it was maintained, caused the vendor to lose out on a greater sale price. The claim failed.

QBD 31 January 1991. Vendors of a property claimed that their surveyor was guilty of negligence and misrepresentation by advising the vendors to accept one purchaser`s offer and not giving a competing purchaser a reasonable opportunity to offer a higher price. This, so it was maintained, caused the vendor to lose out on a greater sale price. The claim failed.