| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2002] All ER (D) 232 (Dec) |
| Court: | Queen's Bench Division |
| Judge: | Judge Heppel QC sitting as a judge of the High Court |
| Representation | Anthony Radevsky (instructed by Reynolds Porter Chamberlain) for claimant. |
| Richard Furniss (instructed by Moorhead James) for the defendant. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 16 December 2002 |
Catchwords
Negligence - Duty of care - Estate agent - Advice as to asking price - Duty to inform vendor of information likely to affect instructions.
The Case
The court ruled that the claimant estate agent had been negligent in failing to advise the defendant vendor that a very similar property to his own was on the market at a considerably higher asking price. The defendant was entitled, accordingly, to damages for the lost chance of achieving a higher sale price.
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