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The Law Commission is consulting over new laws to better protect consumers against misleading selling. The Government implemented the European Union’s Unfair Commercial Practices Directive 2005 with...
Breach of contract for providing car with the wrong antique engine – Mercedes Travis Brewer v Mann, High Court
The High Court has ruled in favour of a claimant who claimed for breach of warranty and breach of contract in relation to her purchase of a vintage car that did not conform to its description.
The car...
Guidance on test for repudiatory breach – Eminence Property Developments Limited v Heaney, Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has given a clear statement of guidance on the test for repudiatory breach, following years of differing legal cases in relation to this issue.
Eminence Property Investments Limited...
Rescission of Conditional Contract – McGahon v Crest Nicholson Regeneration Limited
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A buyer was contracted to purchase an underlease of a flat off-plan from a developer. The contract was conditional upon the grant to the developer of a headlease by the longstop date of 1 June...