Commercial Law: Sale of Goods - University of Wolverhampton

Study Unit 3 Suggested minimum study hours: 15TopicTerms (1): Statutory Implied Terms – Description, Quality and FitnessPlease see the additional notes at the end of Study Unit 4This Unit covers material contained in the Learning Project.IntroductionCertain terms are automatically implied into those contracts covered by the Sale of Goods Act1979. In this Unit we examine four of those implied conditions relating to description, satisfactoryquality, fitness for purpose and sample.Objectivesa To examine the concept of ‘description’ under s13.b To discuss what is meant by satisfactory quality under s14(2) as amended by s3 of the Sale andSupply of Goods to Consumers Regulations 2002.c To analyse the requirements for liability under s14(3).d To ascertain the relationship between express and implied terms relating to the condition of thegoods.Essential ReadingThese titles have been supplied as part of your study materials.Commercial Law Textbook – Relevant Chapter(s)Commercial Law 150 Leading Cases – (See listed cases)General ReadingThese titles have not been supplied and are not essential reading, butyou may wish to refer to them to further your understanding.The Sale of Goods, Atiyah – Relevant Chapter(s)Commercial Law, Bradgate – Relevant Chapter(s)Case law and statutesLIABILITY OF SELLERImplied terms under Sale of Goods Act 1979 and Sale and Supply ofGoods Act 1994.a Conformity with descriptionSGA 1979: s13i Meaning of ‘description’Ashington Piggeries Ltd v Christopher Hill Ltd [1971] 2 WLR 1051;[1971] 1 All ER 847Harlingdon & Leinster Enterprises Ltd v Christopher Hull Fine Art Ltd [1990] 3 WLR 13