Woods v Tomlinson and Another - [1964] NZLR 399

Contract — Time not made expressly of the essence — Whether term that time of the essence may be inferred — Circumstances under which one party may make time of the essence

Sale of land — Vendor and purchaser — Contract for sale of land — Relief against forfeiture — Purchaser applying for relief — Thereby admitting default — Defect in notice by vendor or in service thereof cured by application — "Possession" — Meaning — Whether right to physical occupation amounts to possession — How possession may be lost once it has been gained — Property Law Act 1952, ss. 2, 50, 118, 152 (1)

Sale of land — Vendor and purchaser — Contract for sale of land — Time not made expressly of the essence — Whether term that time of the essence may be inferred — Circumstances under which one party may make time of the essence.