Neville v Abboud

In *Neville v Abboud* [1996] NSWCA 389, the New South Wales Court of Appeal considered a dispute between a vendor and a purchaser concerning a contract for the sale of land. The purchaser had purported to terminate the contract, and the vendor sought to enforce it.

The central legal issue before the Court of Appeal was whether the purchaser's purported termination of the contract was valid. This required the court to determine whether the vendor had committed a breach of contract that entitled the purchaser to terminate, or alternatively, whether the purchaser had validly exercised a right to terminate under a specific clause of the contract.

The Court of Appeal found that the vendor had not committed a breach of contract that would justify termination by the purchaser. Furthermore, the court held that the purchaser had not validly exercised their right to terminate under the relevant contractual provision. Consequently, the Court of Appeal found that the contract remained on foot and ordered that the appeal be dismissed.