A Woman's Work …

Abstract

refuse to accept the painting proffered to him on the ground that it was not by Munter, and was therefore a different kind of painting from the one he had agreed to buy; notwithstanding any reliance he may or may not have placed on the description volunteered by the seller. It is to be hoped that the decision in Harlingdon will be confined to its own particular facts. The provisions of section 13 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 cannot be allowed to be side-stepped, otherwise than by clear words, unless it is the intention of the Courts, albeit unwittingly, to re-introduce the notion of caveat emptor back into the law of the sale of goods.