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035			_a(Sirsi) u130406
041			_aeng
100			_aRoss, Jonathan
245			_aCase news _bin Rickman v Earl of Cadogan
260			_c2005
490			_aProperty Week _v70(28) 15 July 2005, 83(1)
520			_aConsiders "Rickman and another v Earl of Cardigan and another" (ChD, unreported) which concerns the correct interpretation of a sales contract in respect of the right to withhold consent to building works. Claimant (R) contended that under the sales contract for a cottage on the Savernake Estate near Marlborough the defendant trustees of the estate (C) could not unreasonably withhold consent to building work to the cottage. The contract was silent about the right to withhold consent arbitrarily or only on reasonable grounds but C asserted that they could refuse consent on whatever grounds they wanted and R had no right to challenge the refusal. The judge declared in favour of the claimants. The parties must have intended a limit to the circumstances where the defendants could withhold consent and this limit gave effect to the reasonable expectations of the parties.
590			_aIKA020805
650			_aRICKMAN AND ANOTHER V EARL OF CARDIGAN AND ANOTHER
690			_aBoundary disputes _96221
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999			_c75605 _d75605