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Barton v Morris

Hearings

14 Sep 2018 [2018] EWHC 2426 (Ch), Ch D (Judge Pearce)

21 Nov 2019 [2019] EWCA Civ 1999; [2020] 2 All ER (Comm) 652, CA (Davis, Asplin, Males LJJ)

25 Feb 2021 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court given

15 Dec 2021 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court refused

25 Jan 2023 [2023] UKSC 3; [2023] AC 684; [2023] 2 WLR 269; [2023] 2 All ER 701; [2023] 2 All ER (Comm) 615; [2023] 1 Lloyd's Rep 297; [2023] WLR(D) 45; The Times, 7 February 2023, SC(E) (Lord Briggs, Lord Leggatt, Lord Burrows, Lord Stephens, Lady Rose JJSC)

Additional names

Barton v Gwyn Jones

Subject Matter

AGENCY — Contract — Commission — Sale of property — Oral agreement for purchaser introduction fee — Property sold at reduced price — Whether agent entitled to reduced fee — Whether precluded from claiming for unjust enrichment — Quantum meruit — Assessment of value of benefit

[2019] EWCA Civ 1999; [2020] 2 All ER (Comm) 652, CA

CONTRACT — Formation — Implied term — Property owner agreeing to pay individual fixed fee if buyer introduced by him buying property at specified price — Buyer found by individual making offer at specified price but sale ultimately completed for lesser sum — Whether company contractually obliged to pay reasonable fee for introduction — Whether reasonable fee alternatively recoverable under law of unjust enrichment — Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 (c 29), s 15

[2023] UKSC 3; [2023] AC 684; [2023] 2 WLR 269; [2023] 2 All ER 701; [2023] 2 All ER (Comm) 615; [2023] 1 Lloyd's Rep 297; [2023] WLR(D) 45; The Times, 7 February 2023, SC(E)

Appellate History

Barton v Morris [2018] EWHC 2426 (Ch), Ch D

Decision of Judge Pierce reversed in part

Barton v Morris [2019] EWCA Civ 1999; [2020] 2 All ER (Comm) 652, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed

Barton v Morris [2023] UKSC 3; [2023] AC 684; [2023] 2 WLR 269; [2023] 2 All ER 701; [2023] 2 All ER (Comm) 615; [2023] 1 Lloyd's Rep 297; [2023] WLR(D) 45; The Times, 7 February 2023, SC(E)

Commentary

UK Supreme Court Blog
New Judgment: Barton and others v Morris and another in place of Gwyn-Jones (deceased) [2022] UKSC 3 Case comment

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