In Scotland the risk of loss of a consignment might pass before delivery, but the ownership would not pass until delivery was made.
Citations:
(1886) 13 R (HL) 57
Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Cited by:
Cited – Alfred Mcalpine Construction Limited v Panatown Limited HL 17-Feb-2000
A main contractor who was building not on his own land, would only be free to claim damages from a sub-contractor for defects in the building where the actual owner of the land would not also have had a remedy. Here, the land owner was able to sue . .
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Transport
Updated: 06 May 2022; Ref: scu.218899
