St Leonard’s Shoreditch Vestry v Hughes: 1864

The vendor of land is only allowed a reasonable time within which to make his decision whether to rescind or not in reliance on a contractual term providing for this right where requisitions have been raised which he cannot fulfil.

Citations:

(1864) 17 CB (NS) 137

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedAlchemy Estates Ltd v Astor and Another ChD 5-Nov-2008
The parties disputed the effect of a contract between them for the sale of a leasehold property. After exchange the solicitors failed to obtain the landlord’s consent to the proposed assignment as required by the lease. In the meantime the proposed . .
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Land

Updated: 06 November 2022; Ref: scu.277562