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  • 31 Oct 2000

    CHESTERTON PETTY LTD. v. FRED GROENEVELD

    Citation
    CHESTERTON PETTY LTD. v. FRED GROENEVELD
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV69/2000

    Majority held that at the time the agency agreement was entered into there was disclosure that the plaintiff might obtain commission from the owner (clause 4) and there was no concluded agreement between the plaintiff and the landlord or landlord's agent as to commission; therefore the plaintiff was entitled to recover the contractual commission from the defendant for breach of clause 3 and the appeal and cross-appeal were dismissed (plaintiff's entitlement to its agreed commission upheld; cross-appeal for loss of opportunity failed for lack of evidence that the landlord would have agreed to…