The defendant solicitors had acted on the purchase of all plots on an estate of land. Rights of way had been reserved over the access roads, but on the insolvency of the development and the roads not being completed the Society asserted that insufficient rights had been reserved to complete the roadway. The background had to be considered. The grants took effect as immediate grants and envisaged rights over the roadways when constructed. The standard of the eventual road had been referred to and accordingly they had the rights to construct it to that standard.
Citations:
Gazette 15-Mar-2001
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Land, Professional Negligence
Updated: 08 May 2022; Ref: scu.84225