The nomination of solicitors as 'buyer's solicitor' in an unconcluded contract executed only by the vendor does not confer on those solicitors authority (actual or ostensible) to receive a revocation of the offer on the buyer's behalf. A vendor seeking to revoke an offer must communicate the revocation to the offeree or to an agent with actual or ostensible authority to receive it. An equivocal oral communication that the vendor is 'thinking about' withdrawing does not constitute effective revocation.
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