ABSTRACT

Leaving aside termination of supply contracts (see ante, para 26.04), actions for breach of a collateral contract (see ante, para 17.09) or a declaration,3 or statements of indebtedness or termination,3a loss caused by pricing and anti-competitive practices (see ante, paras 2.12-14) and defective regulated agreements,4 the major substantive remedies which may be available to the transferee under a valid supply contract4 are as follows: (1) rescission for breach of contract or misrepresentation;5 (2) restitution in quasi-contract;6

[29.01] 1 As there is difficulty in identifying the seller by reason of eg, franchising (see ante, para 1.07),

eponymous subsidiaries (see ante, para 16.06A), or one-off sales events (see [1995] 2 Which? 5). 2 See Borrie, The Development of Consumer Law and Policy, pp 39-44, referring in particular to the

difficulties of consumers facing insolvent limited liability suppliers (see ante, para 19.25); and generally ante, para 27.04.