Baines v Tweddle

Subject Matter

VENDOR AND PURCHASER — Defective title — Right to rescind contract — Law Society's General Conditions of Sale — Power for vendor to rescind — Agreement for sale of unincumbered fee — Property subject to mortgages — Failure of vendor to obtain consent of mortgagees to sale before contract — Refusal of mortgagees to release security — Vendor not entitled to rescind.