Oliver Isaacs provides an update on Estate agents' fees - curing incomplete contracts by implying terms
23rd November 2016
If a developer agrees to pay an estate agent a finder's fee, what happens if the parties do not discuss what triggers the payment? If a contract is incomplete, can the court fill that gap by implying terms?
Oliver Isaacs (Call 2000) analyses the most recent contribution of the Court of Appeal to that question in Wells v. Devani (2016) [2016] EWCA Civ 1106.
Oliver is a Commercial Law barrister who specialises in company law, professional liability and Insurance law matters.
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