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    Always read the small print: The extraordinary case of the bungling council that sold a run down semi for £395k... and threw in a school worth millions by mistake when the solicitor 'signed the wrong form'

    Daily Mail
    October 4, 2026
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    Always read the small print: The extraordinary case of the bungling council that sold a run down semi for £395k... and threw in a school worth millions by mistake when the solicitor 'signed the wrong form'

    The error came to light ten years later when George Dixon Primary School considered becoming an academy and found Birmingham City Council no longer own the building.

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