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Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

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

183: Notice of seller’s claim

You could also call this:

“Sellers must tell someone to stop delivering goods they've sold”

If you’re a seller who wants to stop goods you’ve sold from being delivered, you need to give notice. You can give this notice to the person who actually has the goods, or to their boss. If you choose to tell the boss, you need to do it early enough so they can tell the person with the goods in time to stop the delivery. This way, the goods won’t be given to the buyer.

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

183Notice of seller’s claim

  1. The notice under section 182(b) may be given to—

  2. the person in actual possession of the goods (A); or
    1. A’s principal.

      1. To be effective, a notice given to A’s principal must be given at a time and under circumstances that enable the principal, by exercising reasonable diligence, to communicate it to A in time to prevent a delivery to the buyer.

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