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It is only half the solicitors fault. They should have spoken to you earlier about excercising your rights to rescind perhaps, but you should also have notified them that you wanted to rescind the contract a bit earlier. Maybe you didn't really realise that you were in a binding contract and...

see s170 conveyancing act re notices http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ca1919141/s170.html 170 Regulations respecting notices You will notice that email is not mentioned as a method. Unless this was written into the contract of sale then it may be defective service.

Take the advice of your solicitor (hope you are not using a conveyancer!). All the others are not qualified to give legal advice.

Ah, but most aint worthy!

Hi Marty That is what I was thinking, but then I read the act further and service is actually defined at s170: 170 Regulations respecting notices (1) Any notice required or authorised by this Act to be served shall be in writing, and shall be sufficiently served: (a) if...

Actually the service via email may only be valid if the contract allows for this.

You possibly could be in some trouble if you didn't sign the notice of rescission as it may be a defective notice. But emailing it to the agent should be proper service.

If the property is located in NSW s6u of the Coneyancing Act covers rescinding a contract during the cooling off period: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ca1919141/s66u.html 66U Cooling off rights (1) The purchaser under a contract for the sale of residential...