SacredEmuNZ t1_j4egs2e wrote
Reply to comment by David_the_Wanderer in ‘When something like this comes up where we’re both excited, but also that sorrowful that we lost so much.’ — A Māori tribe in New Zealand is calling for the return of treasured artefacts listed for sale by the auction house Sotheby’s by marketrent
Yeah but once someone else has it they are not privy to that condition.
If you brought a heritage house from someone whose grandfather was gifted it on the verbal request it stays in the family, is it your duty as the purchaser to take the financial hit and pass it on to the gifters ancestors, having not known these conditions beforehand?
I get it's a nice thing to do but there's zero legal obligation in either UK or NZ law, or any law in any country that I am aware of.
Mrs_Krandall t1_j4eollv wrote
I think in this case your beef is with the people who sold you something knowing it was not able to be sold.
Not with the original gifting party
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