Inder Lynch Devoy & Co v Subritzky - [1979] 1 NZLR 87

Contract — Damages for breach of solicitor's contract of retainer — Purchase price of house paid by cheque — Before cheque cleared solicitor advised seller to give possession — After taking possession purchaser disputed items seller had removed from house and stopped payment on cheque — Delay in receipt of moneys prevented seller from entering into a building contract — Seller caught in period of escalating prices and shortages of builders — Measure of damages.