> The other example I was thinking of is regarding a house purchase. Contracts for the sale of land are an explicit statutory exception to the general rule: h

> The other example I was thinking of is regarding a house purchase. Contracts for the sale of land are an explicit statutory exception to the general rule: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/34/section/2 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/34/section/2