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035			_a(Sirsi) u108979
100			_aShelton, M.
245			_aTrust me I'm a lawyer
260			_c2000
490			_aEstates Gazette _v(0041) 14 October 2000, 203(1)
520			_aTo date as a routine part of the conveyancing process, solicitors' undertakings have been enforced as binding contracts, even though essential elements of a contract, such as a consideration, may have been lacking. Looks at the ruling in "Patel v Daybells (a firm)", which threatens this practice and raises the spectre of fraud. It forces the question of who in future will bear the risk of an opposing solicitor not honouring his undertakings, the purchaser or his solicitor. Suggests clients will now have to decide whether more long-winded completion arrangements are necessary .
590			_aABS
650			_aPATEL V DAYBELLS (A FIRM)
650			_aNON-COMPLETION
650			_aCONVEYANCING
650			_aSOLICITORS
650			_aBINDING CONTRACTS
690			_aPROPERTY
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999			_c65080 _d65080