Friday, Jun 13, 2008
Property club investors who face losing millions in the property slump could be due compensation, according to Powell Callen Solicitors
ifaonline: Property club investors due compensation
Andrew Callen, partner at Powell Callen, claims that although property clubs are not party to a contract of purchase, they do still hold some responsibility under the law of agency. Property Clubs have become popular over the last decade as house prices have increased rapidly in many parts of the world, but Callen says many have over-promised and under-delivered, with investors losing out on millions.
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1. mark wadsworth said...
Seems fair to me - look at the case of Andrews v Hopkinson "collateral contract"
http://www.lawteacher.net/Exclusion%20Clauses%20Cases.php
2. magnifico said...
Let's not forget that these people went to a venue and when put under pressure to make their mind up over lunch on whether or not take the plunge, succumbed to the oldest trick in the book.
Let's not forget what motivated them to go to such venues in the first place: it wasn't to find a way to put a roof over their families' head, it was greed and the illusion that you can make money with minimum effort and no risk.
But risk is part of the game and by definition this means you win some you lose some.
3. holding out said...
Just a bunch of lawyers looking to put their snout into the trough.
The problem for them is finding property clubs with money who they can sue.
Caveat emptor should apply. It's moral hazard on a micro scale. Take the loss on the chin and you won't make the same mistake again.
4. Jackas said...
MORAL HAZARD.
Let the lion eat the antelope. It's nature innit.
5. montesquieu said...
Zero sympathy for these chumps. They are reaping the consequences of greed and stupidity.
6. Kron said...
A fool and his money, as the saying goes!
7. nubbers said...
Inside Track going bust when it did is beginning to make sense now.
8. renting2 said...
The people who are due compensation are those that these people priced out of a decent house with their greed.
9. it_is_going_with_a_bang said...
All these companies have limited liability in the sense that their directors can just walk away from it.
I have no sympathy for anyone who joins a 'property club'. Pure greed and gambling.
they lose their bet and they want compensation? Who are they kidding?
10. taffee said...
anyone care to compensate me for the fall in bank shares?
thought not.....what planet are these whingers on?