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Vendor penalised for failing to disclose footpath dispute

Series: Estates Gazette ; (1014) 27 January 2001, 140(1)Publication details: 2001Subject(s): Summary: 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.

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.