000			01797cab a2200217 4500
001			ABS68667
008			050112n2004 000 0 eng u
035			_a(Sirsi) u128493
245			_aShaw and another v Sequence (UK) Ltd
260			_c2004
490			_aEstates Gazette _v[2004] 48 EG 133 (CS)
520			_aQBD, 12 November 2004. Claimants (Sh) had entered into a six-week sole agency agreement with defendant estate agent firm (S) to sell their detached property. G, an employee of S, maintained falsely that an offer had been made although no offer had been received by the end of the agreement period. Sh withdrew their unsold property from the market two months later and brought an action against S alleging breach of contract, negligence and fraudulent misrepresentation. Damages for fraudulent misrepresentation were granted, the amount depending mainly on whether, but for the fraud, S would have exchanged contracts before the property was withdrawn from the market. "Held" claim allowed in part. Many of the problems in the case stemmed from a failure to understand the nature of contracts with estate agents. These are not employment contracts in the ordinary sense but merely promises binding the principal to pay money upon the occurrence of a certain event involving the rendering of some service by the estate agent. The claim for damages based on a reduction in the equity in the property was unsustainable but the claimants were entitled to modest general damages for worry, strain and inconvenience.
590			_aABS
650			_aSHAW AND ANOTHER V SEQUENCE (UK) LTD
650			_aESTATE AGENTS
650			_aSOLE AGENCY
650			_aNEGLIGENCE
650			_aBREACH OF CONTRACT
690			_aMANAGEMENT-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT-PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
942			_n0
999			_c74709 _d74709