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1. This is yet another case in which the purchaser of property did not complete the purchase by the time originally stipulated in the sale and purchase agreement. The twist in the story is that it is claimed that the purchaser’s time for completion was extended in the course of a telephone conversation between the parties’ solicitors. The complication is that the transaction was a confirmor transaction, and important questions concerning conveyancing practice in Hong Kong relating to confirmor