Where a contract for sale of land provides for a split deposit payable by instalments, and the purchaser defaults on an instalment, the vendor may terminate and recover the entire unpaid deposit (including instalments not yet due) as a liquidated debt under Standard Condition 13.3, applying Cooper v Ungar. A clause providing the contract 'shall be at an end' upon non-payment does not operate as automatic termination but is voidable at the vendor's option.
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