Void contract – sums paid to vendor – sums recoverable by purchaser

Purewal v Sohal and others [2013] All ER (D) 319 Court of Appeal (25 July 2013)

The claimant purchaser (P) entered in what he said he thought was a contract to purchase from the defendant vendors (V) the freehold of business premises and the takeaway and restaurant carried on from the premises plus the goodwill attached to that business.