Court of Apeal: date of assessment of damages on failure to complete

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Nick Davis

Hooper v Oates [2013] EWCA Civ 91

In the case of Hooper v Oates, the Court of Appeal held in February 2013 that the date for assessment of damages for breach of a contract for the sale of land where the buyer had failed to complete the purchase was not the date of the breach but the date when the sellers decided to retain the property upon the failure of their reasonable attempts to mitigate.

The Court held that the usual rule that damages are assessed as at the date of breach should very rarely apply to land, even when the Seller brought the contract to an end and sought damages rather than sought specific performance (see Lloyd LJ paragraph 39).

Albinson Napier represented the Appellant and Nicholas Davis (solicitor advocate) appeared for the appellant in the Court of Appeal.

£50 Flat Fee Telephone Advice Sessions!

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Colin Hornby

Richard J Napier is offering his time via the telephone for a flat fee of £50.

If you was to call in to the office for an appointment lasting 1hour then that would cost you £200+ VAT. I’ll let you guys do the maths on this one.

Richard J Napier practices and can help you in the following areas of law:

If you would like to take advantage of this service then please call Colin on 01925634681 to book a time slot, at your convenience, with Richard.

Warrington Walking Day

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Colin Hornby

This Friday 29th June is Warrington Walking day. Due to this local holiday our office at 20 Bold Street will be closed for this day. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause but the office will be open again on Monday 2nd July.

Welcoming our new conference and client room!

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Colin Hornby

We have been working hard all weekend, transforming one of our unused rooms into a shiney new conference and client room.

Here we have a large table that can seat 6 people, tea and coffee facilities are available and a wi-fi network to hook up to and access all you information online. Soon we will also be adding a large plasma screen television so everyone can see presentations, we can conduct skype calls all over the world and generally make our conferences easier and more efficient for everyone involved wherever you are.

To view pictures of our new conference room, please follow the link below.

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