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How much delay deprives buyer of substantially the whole benefit of the contract? (Court of Appeal)

In Urban I (Blonk Street) Ltd v Ayres and another [2013] EWCA Civ 816, the Court of Appeal held that a developer's delay of approximately one month did not deprive a buyer of substantially the whole benefit of the contract for a lease of a flat that was being built, and so the buyer was not entitled to terminate the agreement.

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Published on 11-Jul-2013
Resource Type Legal update: archive
Jurisdictions
  • England
  • Wales
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