If the case goes against them they could end up being liable not only for their own costs but also the builder’s.’It would be perfectly reasonable for the buyer to agree to indemnify the seller for his costs,’ Mr Samson said.’However, this still leaves outstanding the vexed question of protecting the seller should the buyer fail to pay the costs. Most people are unaware of the likely costs, and although probably horrified by them, do not have the strength or tenacity to challenge them.’He also makes a common complaint, that it was difficult to get information from the receivers. This compares with 31 per cent reading the Times, 30 per cent reading the Daily Telegraph, and 3 per cent reading the Guardian.
The further rise in rating from 30 per cent in 1991 and 34 per cent in 1992 means that the newspaper now has a commanding lead over all its general rivals in this key category of the most influential City people.If City analysts are also included, the Independent is read by 39 per cent of City readers against 40 per cent for the Times and 38 per cent for the Daily Telegraph.. The rate is fixed until 1 February 1993, but withdrawals before 31 January 1995 will require 30 days’ notice and will forfeit 30 days’ interest.Liberty Life is paying 7.35 per cent gross on its guaranteed income bond for three years on a minimum deposit of pounds 50,000..

This can give a wholly illusory feeling of privacy: my wife, one summer afternoon, waded an inch too deep in pursuit of a fly she had stuck in an overhanging tree.She filled her waders to the brim with river water, but remained upright No one was in sight. Interest rates are down to 3 per cent and mortgage rates to 6 per cent but no one is buying because they lack job security.’Sir Clifford, 63, who was chief executive of Wimpey until 1991, said that consumer confidence was inextricably tied to the value of houses, most people’s single biggest asset.’Every day that their house is seen as a wasting, dwindling asset – a false unwise investment – the longer we put off a return of consumer confidence,’ he said.He called for a ’sufficient, not massive’ stimulus to get the housing market moving.The interim dividend has been cut from 4p to 2p. So the word is still out on how the business and financial community would react to a change in Washington. Yet we all live with these three languages (of intimate life, of learning, of hallowed tradition) and such occasions as the ICA’s admirable Globe ‘92 series of talks brings this out as little else can.For two weeks in June audiences filed into the ICA in the Mall, or into the larger Royal Geographical Society, to listen to an impressive group of writers.

On the RPF side there is a sort of peace, a peace of death and abandonment. But the modern plot knows it can’t just dump Fonda on the sidelines, even though she doesn’t get to go to Bhutan (‘you’re taking the adventure away from me,’ she complains to Isaak) By the end she’s heavily pregnant. But is that duty greater than that of others in the public eye – royalty, politicians, military men, film stars, City tycoons? When it comes to role models, sport still doesn’t have many rivals.DON’T get up especially early, but Radio 5 Live, the BBC’s experiment with a rolling news and sport network, begins at 5am tomorrow. The production embraced the whole space, making it seem empty even in the presence of a large audience; and proving that there is no correlation between the duration of a work and its theatrical magnitude.Rodney Ackland’s The Old Ladies is the latest of Annie Castledine’s excavations into the hits of the 1930s It is a real find. Sarah Bayliss also said she would have found a two-channel switch useful: ‘We managed to pick up the neighbour’s phone.’ But Lindy Sharpe, who liked the plug-in monitors, said: ‘It’s compact and does exactly what is needed.’**FISHER-PRICE LIGHTSAND SOUND MONITORaround pounds 30.

BETTER than expected interim figures from Bryant yesterday partly vindicated the recent buoyancy of the housebuilder’s shares. Forces already in place have already brought about many changes in the old Japan. The makings are still there: Dorigo, McAllister, Speed, Batty and Wallace. Subjects tackled include managing energy, managing character, assertiveness, political sensitivity and building a positive image. ‘Why does the State close the door on scrutiny?’ Doherty demanded. Its reasoning is that smoking is similar to many other risks the life insurance company accepts, and does not merit separate treatment, though someone smoking more than 40 cigarettes a day would be charged higher premiums on health grounds, as would someone who drank a lot of alcohol.How come Equitable’s rates are still so low, even though they pool risks that other insurers keep in separate boxes? Many premiums were inflated, says Chris Matthews of Equitable’s actuarial department, due to Aids. ‘I was in prison for three years, 10 months, 27 days and one hour.

‘Both Victor and the company came in for a lot of criticism for the portrayal of the female characters in Yardie, but I think OPP is going to make up for that – big time.’Meanwhile Headley is working on Yardie 2 in Jamaica, following threats from readers in this country who recognised themselves in some of the first book’s gun-toting, crack- dealing gangsters. Ms Purchase’s home was bought from a builder.Mr Boleat said the scheme had never been intended as a rescue package for mortgage lenders and the Government could not tell independent associations, with their own responsibilities, where to buy.Mr Perry said: ‘The question is, do you drag more people into home ownership they cannot afford or do you change more properties back to places for rent? The Government is still set on boosting home ownership rather than setting up long-term arrangements for renting.’He said the boost to the housing market was at the expense of public housing: money to fund it has come from future funding for public housing.Mr Perry says some associations will grow by 20 per cent. Immigration not only caters to its own, it brings variety to those of us who are utterly unexotic, and I think that is why food in cities is almost inevitably – save for a few posh places artificially created in a countryside mansion – superior to food in the country. After responding to a heckler with typical verbal abuse, McEnroe was dumbstruck when the spectator, a giant of a man, rose from his seat and started walking toward the court. The two say they will begin a four-day visit tomorrow on two conditions: the presence of a Red Cross official, and freedom to specify locations and whom they speak to.