“Last week, a website called Paperticket became the latest in a list of sites to be shut down after complaints from consumers who had paid for tickets for gigs such as The Killers and Barry Manilow but had not received them.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man is threatening to take Tesco to court for discrimination after twice being refused the right to pay using his credit card with a signature.”
BBC News, 7th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Consumers will be allowed to cancel contracts signed with door-to-door salesmen even when they have requested the visit to their home or office, under new Regulations that come into force in October.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th September 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A distributor which lost a consignment of PlayStation memory cards must compensate Sony at the sale price of the cards and not their cost to manufacture, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th September 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Sony Computer Entertainment UK Ltd and Another v Cinram Logistics UK Ltd
Court of Appeal
“A manufacturer and seller of goods who lost them through the fault of another before he could make delivery and earn the price could recover that price as damages for their loss.”
The Times, 10th September 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“A manufacturer and seller of goods who lost them through the fault of another before he could make delivery and earn the price could recover that price as damages for their loss.”
WLR Daily, 11th August 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
CTI Group Inc v Transclear SA [2008] EWCA Civ 856; [2008] WLR (D) 254
“A contract for the sale by description of unascertained goods of a specified origin was not frustrated where although delivery of the goods remained physically and legally possible, the seller’s suppliers chose, for whatever reason, not to make them available.”
WLR Daily, 25th July 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“New laws against ticket touts have been ruled out, the government has said.”
BBC News, 21st April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
M. and J. Polymers Ltd v Imerys Minerals Ltd
Queen’s Bench Division
“A take-or-pay clause in a supply contract could, as a matter of principle, amount to a penalty.”
The Times, 2nd April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Scottish & Newcastle International Ltd v Othon Galanos Ltd [2008] UKHL 11; WLR (D) 61
“Where, under a contract for the sale of cider by the Scottish claimants to Cypriot defendants, with invoices giving Limassol as the “place of delivery”, the cider had been shipped from Liverpool to Limassol, the agreed place of delivery had been Liverpool and delivery of the goods had taken place at Liverpool for the purposes of art 5(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001.”
WLR Daily, 26th February 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“Greater love has no man than he who lays down the contents of his wallet for his dream motor. But even the most devout petrolhead would have been forced to agree with Lord Justice Ward when he described one man’s feud with a dealership over his “red hot” sports car as ‘completely cuckoo’.”
The Independent, 5th October 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“How much would you pay for the new album by one of the world’s most critically acclaimed rock bands? Radiohead are asking fans to put their own price on the group’s long-awaited new release.”
The Times, 2nd October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Color Drack GmbH v. Lexx International Vertriebs GmbH (Case C-386/05)
“Where under a contract goods were delivered to several places in the same EC member state, it was the place of principal delivery in that state, determined on the basis of economic criteria, that had jurisdiction in disputes on the contract.”
WLR Daily, 3rd May 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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