Where a party has a contractual right to acquire property at a determined price, correspondence offering to purchase at a lower price may constitute notice that the party does not want to purchase at the determined price, extinguishing the right. A solicitor who repeatedly fails to provide itemised bills and tax invoices during a costs assessment process, despite requests from the client and directions from the costs assessor, may be estopped from subsequently recovering additional fees, with the appropriate remedy being permanent injunctive relief on the 'clean break' principle. A substantively fair contract is not rendered unjust under the Contracts Review Act merely because the client's solicitor failed to explore alternative options, where the client has not been denied any viable alternative that would have produced a materially better result.
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