Souster v Epsom Plumbing Contractors Ltd - [1974] 2 NZLR 515

Specific performance — Damages in lieu of specific performance — Assessment of damages — Difference between contract price and value of subject-matter at date of order for inquiry as to damages — Chancery Amendment Act 1858 (Lord Cairns' Act) (UK), s 2.

Sale of land — Damages — Where specific performance claimed — Breach by vendor — Measure of damages in lieu of specific performance — Date of assessment.