Subjects:

Student Revision Aids

Contents:

Overview of the Sale of Goods Act 1979.

The implied terms and their exclusion.

Duties of the buyer and the seller.

Rights of the unpaid seller.

The transfer of property: risk, mistake and frustration.

Retention of title.

Title conflicts.

The remedies of the buyer and the seller.

Additional remedies in consumer cases.

The bill of lading.

FOB and CIF contracts.

The nature of agency and the types of authority.

Disclosed and undisclosed agency.

The rights and duties of the principal and the agent.

Termination of agency.

Examination checklist.

Sample Questions and Model Answers.

Nutshells are a series of books designed to present the essentials of law in clear, straightforward language. For more than 30 years, students have regarded Nutshells as the ideal means of revising their subjects.

• Presents the essentials of commercial law in clear and straightforward language, explaining the basic principles
• Includes diagrams and flowcharts to ensure clarity of tricky areas
• Uses bulleted and numbered lists throughout to make information easy to digest
• Contains an examination checklist to ensure key points have been learnt
• Provides sample questions with model answers to ensure students are fully prepared for how questions are likely to be posed and how best to respond for maximum marks
• Analyses cases on the meaning of satisfactory quality
• Includes new cases on the meaning of 'acceptance' (s.35 SGA)
• Sets out the new additional rights of buyers in consumer cases
• Considers the rights and duties of self-employed commercial
• Originally announced with the late Manny Bickovsky as author