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I agreed to purchase some furniture for £350 then changed my

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I agreed to purchase some furniture for £350 then changed my mind . The seller is threatening to take me to court for breach of contract through small claims court . Can he do this?
JA: Where are you? It matters because laws vary by location.
Customer: Lake District UK
JA: What steps have you taken so far?
Customer: I have texted apologised informed circumstances have changed informed his one week before i was due to pay and collect that i would not be purchasing
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Customer: The person who was selling the furniture is moving house at the end of the month
Submitted: 13 days ago.
Category: Law
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Expert:  Anthony Chendo replied 13 days ago.
Hello 

Welcome to JA.

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You have potentially breached the agreement assuming this is a private sale because an agreement was formed for you to purchase the furniture.

Therefore they can potentially take you to court to enforce the agreement in question.

Hopefully the person will not consider court action to enforce the agreement assuming you do not purchase the furniture.

I hope I have clarified the position.

Thanks

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Expert:  Anthony Chendo replied 13 days ago.

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Customer: replied 13 days ago.
This person has now threatened small claims court, how do you think i should respond?
Expert:  Anthony Chendo replied 13 days ago.

I suggest you try to persuade them a contract was not in place but I am afraid you may struggle to convince a judge that a legal binding agreement was not in place from the circumstances provided.

Thanks

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