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Difference between revisions of "Contracts for Sale of Goods (11:III)"

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The right of lien may be lost if:  
The right of lien may be lost if:  
* The price is paid or tendered (s 44(1));  
* The price is paid or tendered (s 44(1));  
* Delivery is made to a carrier or bailee (not the seller’s agent) without reserving a right of disposal (s 46(1)(a));  
* Delivery is made to a carrier or other bailee (not the seller’s agent) without reserving a right of disposal (s 46(1)(a));  
* The buyer or his or her agent lawfully obtains possession (s 46(1)(b)); or
* The buyer or the buyer's agent lawfully obtains possession (s 46(1)(b)); or
* There is a waiver (s 46(1)(c)).  
* There is a waiver (s 46(1)(c)).  


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This right can be exercised in accordance with s 47 when the seller is unpaid, the buyer is insolvent, and the goods are in the hands of a carrier.
This right can be exercised in accordance with s 47 when the seller is unpaid, the buyer is insolvent, and the goods are in the hands of a carrier.


===== (3) The Right of Resale: ss 43(1) and 51 =====
===== (3) The Right of Resale: ss 43(1)(c) and 51 =====


The seller has the right to resell:  
The seller has the right to resell:  
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Under s 12, where a contract is silent as to price, the court will infer a reasonable price, but where the price would be too vague for the court to infer, there may be no consensus upon an essential term, and therefore no contract.
Under s 12, where a contract is silent as to price, the court will infer a reasonable price, but where the price would be too vague for the court to infer, there may be no consensus upon an essential term, and therefore no contract.


==== d) Installments ====
==== d) Instalments ====


Under s 35(1), a buyer need not accept delivery by instalments unless that is agreed to. Where a contract is for separately paid instalments, circumstances and construction of the contract determine whether a breach allows for repudiation of the entire contract, or only a right to sue for damages regarding the defective instalment.
Under s 35(1), a buyer need not accept delivery by instalments unless that is agreed to. Where a contract is for separately paid instalments, circumstances and construction of the contract determine whether a breach allows for repudiation of the entire contract, or only a right to sue for damages regarding the defective instalment.