ABSTRACT
A sale of goods is the archetypal contract by which a party secures possession and use of goods. A sale of goods is governed by the Sale of Goods Act (originally 1893, now 1979). This deals with matters such as the price of the goods, the right to reject the goods, the terms to be implied into the contract of sale, the time at which property (that is, ownership) of the goods passes from the buyer to the seller; the circumstances in which a non-owner of the goods can nevertheless pass on a good title to the goods; the remedies of the buyer, for example, if an incorrect quantity of goods is delivered; the rights of an unpaid seller, etc.
