Bow v McGrath Builders Ltd - [1974] 2 NZLR 442

Sale of land — Time for completion — Circumstances under which time may be made the essence of the contract.

Contract — Rescission and repudiation — Repudiation — Principles — Refusal to complete not necessarily repudiation.

Building contracts, engineers and architects — Breach of contract — Damages — Default of contractor — Delay — Dwellinghouse for personal occupation by employer — Reasonable cost of living accommodation recoverable within first branch of rule in Hadley v Baxendale.