NIEWYKONANIE ZOBOWIĄZANIA Z UMOWY PRZEDWSTĘPNEJ W OBROCIE NIERUCHOMOŚCIAMI. ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚĆ ODSZKODOWAWCZA

Non-Performance in a Preliminary Agreement in Property Transfer. Liability for DamagesSummaryThis is the second of three articles presenting a detailed discussionof the legal construction of the preliminary agreement, as well as itssignificance and potential application in property transfer. It presentsaspects of the performance of the obligation defined in the preliminaryagreement and the consequences of non-performance, the division ofpreliminary property sales agreements into agreements with strongeror weaker effects, the scope and the amount of damages due to theevent of non-performance of the preliminary agreement by the obligedparty, and the consequences of stipulating a penalty in the preliminaryagreement and making a down payment upon its conclusion.