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008			090401t1993 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
035			_a(Sirsi) u70449
041			_aeng
245			_aPitt v PHH Asset Management Ltd
260			_c1993
350			_a0
490			_aNew Law Journal _v143(6613) 13 August 1993, 1187-118
520			_aCA 29 June 1993. P, acting as the undisclosed agent on behalf of owners of a house, placed a property on the market at £250,000. X and another party B were both interested in purchasing it and made various offers over a period of a few weeks each bettering the last. X`s final offer was £200,000 which B matched but it was X`s offer which was accepted subject to contract. Shortly after B increased their offer to £210,000 and X`s acceptance was withdrawn. An oral agreement was reached with X, confirmed by letter, that the vendor would not consider any further offers on the property on the basis that X would exchange contracts within two weeks of receipt of the contract and the old £200,00 offer was reinstated. X indicated that he was ready to exchange contracts immediately but the same day P wrote to X`s solicitors expressing their intention to accept B`s offer of £210.000. X sued P for breach of agreement. It was held that X and P had entered into a contractual relationship and gave ju
650			_aBREACH OF CONTRACT
650			_aGAZUMPING
650			_aLOCK-OUT AGREEMENTS
650			_aPROPERTY SALES
650			_aSALE AGREEMENT
650			_aVENDOR AND PURCHASER
690			_aPROPERTY LAW AND PRACTICE-CASE LAW
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c44307 _d44307