Sale of land

Defect in title

SPS Groundworks & Building Ltd v Mahil

  • Queen's Bench Division
  • 23 February 2022
  • Cotter J
  • [2022] EWHC 371 (QB)
  • [2022] PLSCS 39
Sale of land – Auction – Title defect – Appellant purchasing land at auction but failing to complete – Overage covenant absent from sales documents – Respondent vendor seeking to recover shortfall between price agreed and price obtained from second
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