Bunkers in wonderland: A tale of how the growth of Romalpa Clauses shrank the English Law of Sales
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
5-2018
Abstract
Discusses the history of the treatment of retention of title (ROT) or Romalpa clauses under the English law of sales prior to PST Energy 7 Shipping LLC v OW Bunker Malta Ltd (SC) (The Res Cogitans), finding that a contract for the supply of fuel bunkers, which contained a ROT clause and permitted the shipowner to consume the bunkers during the credit period, was not a contract of sale within the meaning of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 s.2(1).
Keywords
Action for price, Bailment, Bunkers, Contracts of sale, Legal history, Retention of title
Discipline
Commercial Law
Research Areas
Corporate, Finance and Securities Law
Publication
Journal of Business Law
Issue
3
First Page
229
Last Page
254
ISSN
0021-9460
Publisher
Sweet and Maxwell
Citation
LOW, Kelvin F. K. and LOI, Kelry C. F..
Bunkers in wonderland: A tale of how the growth of Romalpa Clauses shrank the English Law of Sales. (2018). Journal of Business Law. 229-254.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/2794