Cases - Aluminium Industrie Vaassen v Romalpa Aluminium

Record details

Name

Aluminium Industrie Vaassen v Romalpa Aluminium

Date

[1976]

Citation

1 WLR 676, CA

Keywords

Sale of goods – implied terms – obligation to account - conditions of sale containing retention of title clause – whether property not to pass to purchaser until all outstanding debts paid – purchaser in liquidation – goods sold to sub purchasers and receiver held in receiver’s account - whether sellers entitled to trace and recover proceeds

Summary

This is the leading case on the validity of retention of title clauses.