Sale of land on terms

Reference received: 3 June 1975

Note: This reference was the subject of a memorandum from the Commission to the Attorney General in 1986 suggesting that the reference, previously classified as a "standing reference", should be regarded as having been completed, since changes in land development and business practice had overtaken the need for further inquiry by the Commission.​

Terms of reference

To review the law relating to the sale of land on terms under contracts whereby payment is deferred or payment is made by instalments, with a view to protecting purchasers against oppressive conditions, and with a view to safeguarding, in the period between the date of contract and date of completion of the sale, the interests of a purchaser against his vendor and persons claiming under his vendor.