I assume you are not a lawyer. Anyone can pull out of a contract for any reason. You can then get sued for damages and in specific scenarios (property sales for

I assume you are not a lawyer. Anyone can pull out of a contract for any reason. You can then get sued for damages and in specific scenarios (property sales for example), specific performance. Most scenarios do not allow a remedy of specific performance. So in general if you pay, you can walk away. For example you can’t hold someone to their employment contract and force them to work for you. An example of a massive walkaway https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-61770012 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-61770012. You think they wouldn’t try to enforce the contract if they could? I’m an Australian lawyer, although this is first year level knowledge.