Two property web-sites have been reporting that Foxtons have withdrawn their appeal to the Court of Appeal against the High Court decision against them last year. You will find a summary (as at October 2009) of my previous posts on the OFT v. Foxtons case here.
The two articles that I have seen are on the PainSmith Blog and [...]
Tag Archive: unfair contract terms
Foxtons withdraws appeal
Foxtons to appeal decision in OFT unfair terms case
A report in the Times today confirms,what we all suspected would happen as soon as the Banks decision was announced, ie that Foxtons will be appealing the High Court decision against them in the claim brought by the Office of Fair Trading.
As you will remember, the OFT brought a claim against Foxtons claiming that their [...]
OFT v. Foxtons case – what now?
The Supreme Court decision in the OFT case against the banks has been handed down today, and to the surprise of many it is in favour of the banks rather than the OFT.
This will also impact on the OFT v. Foxtons case, as I understand Foxtons were waiting for this decision to be published before deciding whether [...]
OFT v Foxtons case summary of posts
I wrote several posts on the Office of Fair Trading v. Foxtons case in July. As I find I am having to refer to these quite a lot in advice to clients, I have decided it would be helpful to have one page with links to them all.
OFT Victory in Foxtons unfair contract terms case.
This [...]
Advice for landlords seeking to recover commission post OFT v. Foxtons
You are a landlord. You are not a ‘professional landlord’ (i.e. you do not have a large portfolio and landlording is not your main business). You have paid commission to your agent (who may or may not be Foxtons) in the past, even though they were not managing the property. The commission was [...]
Hating Foxtons, and another case
I was very amused, while surfing the internet recently, to find that there is a whole web-site dedicated to hating Foxtons – www.wehatefoxtons.com. If you are interested in the landlord business and have a spare few minutes, it is worth a look, if only for the amusing spats between those posting (which include landlords, [...]
The Landlord Law Blog from Tessa Shepperson
Foxtons case concluded – now is the time for agents to review their agency agreements
I have just learned that a final order has been made in the case of the Office of Fair Trading v. Foxtons, which I have written about in the past (see here).
Foxtons have now made ‘significant changes’ to its standard terms and conditions which have satisfied the OFT
‘including making the liability to pay renewal commission [...]
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