Various North Point Pall Mall Purchasers v 174 Law Solicitors Ltd: ChD 10 Jan 2022

Sale of land – Stakeholder – Off-plan fractional residential development scheme – Buyers’ deposits held by seller’s solicitor to order of buyer company established to protect buyers’ interests – Authority to release deposits – Construction of stakeholder contract – Estoppel by convention
Whether claim for breach of stakeholder contract sounding in debt or damages – Measure of damages
Contribution between stakeholder and buyers’ solicitors

Judges:

His Honour Judge Hodge QC
Sitting as a Judge of the High Court

Citations:

[2022] EWHC 4 (Ch)

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Contract, Legal Professions

Updated: 31 January 2022; Ref: scu.671015