From: Chris Blunt 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: Estate Agents Terms
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 20:25:54 +0000

On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 15:29:15 -0000, "Phil"  wrote:

>A friend has signed a sole agents agreement and has found out his brother
>wants to buy the property off him. When the agent was advised they said a
>sole rights agreement had been signed and that my fried would still be
>liable for the full commission. Is this true?
>
>Are there any site where one can look at the wording agents need to use
>according to the law.

I would say that a sole agent agreement means just that - sole
*agent*. Since there is no other agent involved here I don't see how
that agreement has been breached.

Chris