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:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Contract, Legal Professions
Updated: 31 January 2022; Ref: scu.671015