Validity of contract: signed without buyer’s wife’s authority | Practical Law

Validity of contract: signed without buyer’s wife’s authority | Practical Law

The Court of Appeal has held that a contract for the sale of land, which named a husband and wife as the buyer but was signed only by the husband, was valid even though he had no authority to contract on her behalf.

Validity of contract: signed without buyer’s wife’s authority

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Validity of contract: signed without buyer’s wife’s authority

by Practical Law Property
Published on 28 Jul 2016United Kingdom
The Court of Appeal has held that a contract for the sale of land, which named a husband and wife as the buyer but was signed only by the husband, was valid even though he had no authority to contract on her behalf.