Where a contract for sale of unsubdivided land specifies an express settlement date in the Offer and Acceptance, that date prevails over the potentially later settlement timetable in general condition 16(7) of the Joint Form of General Conditions 2000 revision, by operation of the inconsistency clause. A purchaser who elects to affirm the contract following the vendor's breach causing late settlement, and who waives a condition for its benefit, does not thereby waive its right to claim compensation for late settlement under general condition 5(2). A vendor in breach of its best endeavours obligation under general condition 16(3) cannot rely on general condition 16(8) as providing the exclusive remedy.
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