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Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Sale of goods - Rights of unpaid seller against goods - Stopping goods in transit

182: How right is exercised

You could also call this:

“How an unpaid seller can stop goods being delivered”

If you’re an unpaid seller of goods, you have the right to stop goods that are in transit. You can do this in two ways. You can either take actual possession of the goods yourself, or you can tell the carrier or other person who is holding the goods that you are claiming them. This telling is called giving notice. Remember, you can only do this if you haven’t been paid for the goods yet.

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Part 3 Sale of goods
Rights of unpaid seller against goods: Stopping goods in transit

182How right is exercised

  1. An unpaid seller of goods may exercise the seller’s right to stop the goods in transit by—

  2. taking actual possession of the goods; or
    1. giving notice of the seller’s claim to the carrier or other bailee who has possession of the goods.

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