Cases - Murray v Sturgis
Record details
- Name
- Murray v Sturgis
- Date
- [1981]
- Citation
- 2 EGLR 22
- Keywords
- Estate agency
- Summary
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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.