Nguyen v SM & T Homes Ltd - [2017] 3 NZLR 281

Property law — Sale and purchase — Specific performance — Vendors refusing to settle — Whether sale of property concluded — Sale by auction — Whether sufficient written record — Documents signed before auction — Part performance — Interest on late settlement — Property Law Act 2007, ss 6, 24, 26.

Property law — Sale and purchase of property — Part performance — Payment of deposit — Vendors refusing to settle — Whether unconscionable for vendors to avoid consequences of the contract.