Cases - Murray v Sturgis

Record details

Name
Murray v Sturgis
Date
[1981]
Citation
2 EGLR 22
Keywords
Estate agency
Summary

Agents committed a number of breaches of duty when finding tenants for the plaintiff, including:

  • failure of the accounts department to inform the employee arranging the letting that 2 of the prospective tenant's cheques had been dishonoured;
  • being satisfied with only 1 telephone reference;
  • not taking rent in advance;
  • keeping the telephone in the plaintiff's name; and
  • failing to reply to a request for a joint inspection of the property after the tenant was evicted, and thereby delaying reletting.