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May 2016
Austin Banda t/a Land Sales & Property Transfers v Stephen Leonard Aipira (Commercial Case 28 of 2015) [2016] MWCommC 1 (30 May 2016)
An unregistered estate agent’s contract is illegal and unenforceable, barring recovery of commission.
  • Contract/Agency — Agency — Oral formation, identification of buyer and entitlement to commission
  • Statutory regulation — Land Economy Act — Registration requirement for estate agents — Illegality bars enforcement of contract
  • Property law — Registered Land Act — Power of sale by chargee and inapplicability to chargor’s redemption sale
30 May 2016