Over the telephone, I agreed to sell my private number plate to a company. I was grieving as i had just lost my husband and it was his number plate. The person on the telephone did tell me that I was entering into a verbal contract. I did not know what that meant at that time. I now do not want to sell the number plate and they are saying that I have breached the contract.
Is this correct? What are my options?
Alasdair Taylor's Answer
There are various English law doctrines which affect the validity and enforceability of contracts. None of them springs to mind here. Without more information, however, I can’t with any degree of certainty say whether this is or is not a valid and enforceable contract.
One factor to bear in mind is the value of the number plate: the more valuable it is, the more worthwhile it may be for the buyer to threaten and pursue legal proceedings.
