Can a buyer repudiate a contract for the sale of land by failing to pay a deposit when due?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from 1029865 B.C. Ltd. v 1007442 B.C. Ltd., 2017 BCSC 926 (CanLII):

The Court in Taggart v. McLay, 1999 CarswellBC 1165 (S.C.) found that a buyer had repudiated a contract for the sale of land by failing to pay a deposit when due: at para. 25.

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