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William Sindall plc V. Cambridgeshire County Council This case concerns a property sale that was rescinded at the court of first instance, on grounds of misrepresentation. The vendor is appealing against that decision, claiming that the purchaser has no remedy, and that if there is a remedy it should be restricted to damages. The purchaser, William Sindall plc, bought the land in question, an area of school playing fields, in December 1989, with a view to property development. The purchase was made at the height of a property boom, and the price paid was in excess of five million pounds. The development immediately ran into problems concerning planning permission, which took eighteen months to resolve. By that time the property market, and the value of the land, had collapsed. As plans for development began to progress it was discovered that a sewer ran diagonally across the land, and required that a six...

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