Business Law: Sale of Goods Act and Supply of Goods and Services Act

Business Law

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................4
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Implied Terms Related to Sale of Goods Act 1979 and Supply of Goods and Services Act
1982:............................................................................................................................................4
1.2 Statuary Provisions on the transfer of property and possession:...........................................5
1.3 Statutory provisions on buyer's and seller's remedies in sale of goods act:..........................6
1.4 Statutory provisions and product liability of faulty goods:...................................................7
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................8
2.1 Types of credit agreements that Ben as a customer could use to buy a car:.........................8
2.2The legal rules on termination of rights and default notices for Ben as a customer:.............8
2.3 The general features of agency and differentiate between the different types of agents:.....9
2.4 Rights and Duties of agents:.................................................................................................9
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................10
3.1 The monopolies and Anti competitive practice legislation in the UK:...............................10
3.2 The Role of Competition commission in UK:....................................................................11
3.3 Dominant Positions within EU:..........................................................................................12
3.4 EU exemption for the potentially anti competitive practices:.............................................12
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................13
4.1 Different intellectual property rights:..................................................................................13
4.2 The principles relating to the protection of inventions:......................................................14
4.3 Principles relating to copyright and the infringements:......................................................15
4.4 The Protection of Trademarks and business names:...........................................................15
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................16
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................17

INTRODUCTION
Laws designed to monitor and standardise all the business activities are considered as
business law. These laws are made to facilitate businesses and provide assistance to them. They
form a platform for the business according to which it operates. These laws include all the state,
federal and administrative rules and regulations (Abdi and Aulakh, 2012). There are several
laws made for different business and their activities. In this report the main focus remains on the
Sale of Goods Act 1979. it was enacted by the United Kingdom parliament. Parliament also
regulates UK commercial law and English contract law which are also concerned with sales and
purchases of goods and other commodity. There have been many amendments made since the
law of was made. The Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982 was also enacted by by the
United Kingdom parliament. It standardises the workmanship by traders selling and supplying
goods and services. The work must be completed in a reasonable amount of time as defined by
the contract. Sale of Goods Act was replaced by Consumer Rights Act 2015, on 1st October
2015. it has inherited all the laws of Sale of Goods Act 1979 and Supply of Goods and Services
Act 1982 which are suitable for current situation.
TASK 1
1.1 Implied Terms Related to Sale of Goods Act 1979 and Supply of Goods and Services Act
1982:
Implied terms are assumed condition by court to include them in a contract. These reduce
the lengthy nature of the case and helps court in expressly stating all the terms (Appleman and
Holmes, 2015). These are the terms which are imported from a external source in to a contract
There are various sources of from which implied terms are imported:
 Implied by Court
 Implied by Statute
 Implied by Custom
There are many terms which states about the exchange between parties for all tangible
goods backed by money (Robson, 2010). These terms are provided by the Sale of Goods Act
1979 and Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982. It can be a business or consumer contract of
sale of goods and services. Which can be considered as a private contract.
Implied Terms as per the case are:

 Under section 11: this section states about all the conditions and warranties. Also it
distinguishes between them
 Under Section 12: Section 12 is divided into two parts:
◦ Section 12(1)- It states the goods needs to be sold as per the prescribed title on the
goods or it will considered a breach of contact (Bishara and Westermann‐Behaylo,
2012). As happened in the case of Rowland v Divall [1923]
◦ Section 12(2)- It states that the good should be in good condition until buyer takes it
possession with a proper warranty.
 Under Section 13 (related to description)
◦ Its states that the goods should be as described, if the product description is not given
properly then it can be a breach of contact, as this happened in the case between
Arcos v Ranaason [1933]
◦ It also states that a buyer who has not seen the good before purchasing in catalogue or
on internet.
◦ If the buyer relies on the seller description of good even after checking the goods, it
will be breach of contract.
◦ Its the seller duty in clarify to the buyer not to rely on his description. This avoids any
after purchases issues.
 Under section 14: it states about the implied term about quality of goods.
◦ Section 14 (2) It states that the goods must be as per the standards and if they are not
in proper condition then it will be considered as breach of contract. This happened in
the case of Bartlett v Sidney Marcus ltd [1965]
◦ Section 14 (3) states that products should be as per the need of the buyer. It should
fulfil the purpose of purchase.
1.2 Statuary Provisions on the transfer of property and possession:
Sector 16 to 20 states about the transfer of ownership of property. Mr Ben will be advised
as per the provisions stated in those sections.
 Section 16 of law states that if goods are not ascertained then seller cannot transfer them
to buyer. Goods need to be ascertained if they are to be sold.
 Section17 of law states that The buyer should have intention of purchase.