In a contract the Defendants promised certain properties to whoever first arrived with the requisite draft contract and bankers drafts. The Plaintiffs did.
Held: They failed in their claim. It involved a unilateral contract and the Defendants’ oral promises was expressly made subject to contract, but the Court decided the dispute by reference to the central consideration that the contract concerned the disposition of an interest in land to which section 40 of the Law of Property Act applied.
Citations:
[1978] 1 Ch 231
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Godden v Merthyr Tydfil Housing Association CA 15-Jan-1997
The Plaintiff was a building contractor; the Defendant a housing association engaged in developing suitable sites for residential accommodation for letting to tenants. Before the contract the parties had successfully completed what was been called . .
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Land, Contract
Updated: 12 May 2022; Ref: scu.188874