Ousting Conditions and Warranties (Buyer's Rights): The Mercini Lady Case
Publication date: 14 March 2018
Abstract
The Mercini Lady Case is a modern statement of the law on the rights of the buyer in a sale contract. The seller has to supply goods in conformity with description, of merchantable quality and fit for the stated use. These rights, the ‘implied conditions’, however, can be ousted by express terms in the contract. The Court of Appeal judgement of the UK keenly considered that the exclusion clause should be interpreted in its business sense. However, it sided with precedence established over hundred years that the exclusion clauses take away valuable rights of the buyer and must be strictly and technically constructed.
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Citation
Pathak, A. (2018), "Ousting Conditions and Warranties (Buyer's Rights): The Mercini Lady Case", . https://doi.org/10.1108/CASE.IIMA.2020.000034
Publisher
:Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
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