Contents

a) Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………………1
b) How contract of sale is made…………………………………………………………………………………….2
c) Essential characteristics of the contract of sale of goods
i) Parties to the contract…………………………………………………………………………………………2
ii) Property………………………………………………………………………………………………………………2
iii) Price……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………2
iv) Goods………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….3
v) Sale and agreement to sale…………………………………………………………………………………4
d) History of conditions and warranty…………………………………………………………………………..4
e) Conditions and warranty…………………………………………………………………………………………..4
f) Wallis Sen and Wells v Pratt & Haynes……………………………………………….5
g) Conditions…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………5
h) When a term will be condition………………………………………………………………………………….6
i) Bunge Corp v Tradax Export SA……………………………………………………...7
j) Thompson v LMS Railway……………………………………………………………7
k) Types of conditions
i) Express conditions………………………………………………………………………………………………8
ii) Implied conditions………………………………………………………………………………………………8
l) Preist v. Last…………………………………………………………………………...8
m) Warranty…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..9
n) Microbeads v. Vinhurst Road Markings Ltd……………………………………………………………….9
o) When is a condition considered to be a warranty……………………………………………………10
p) Stipulation of time and essence of contract…………………………………………………………….10
q) Conditions v. warranties………………………………………………………………………………………….11
r) Warranties………………………………………………………………………………………………………………13
s) Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..14
t) Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………………………………………16