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(s6 SOG Act)  \no Definition outlines certain kind of contract “contract of sale of goods”  \no Act provides “default rules” so parties can contract out  \no Defines warranty but NOT condition  \n! WARRANTY: an agreement with reference to goods which are the subject of a contract of sale, but collateral to the main purpose of such contract. The breach of which gives rise to a claim for damages, but not the right to reject the goods and treat the contract as repudiated.  \no Not a complete code  \n! applies only to the sale of goods & has no application to contracts for the provision of services or expenditure of skill and workmanship  \n! Most of the normal principles of contract law continue to apply.  \n! REFER s4(2)-(3) SOG Act  \ns4 (2) SOG Act REMEDIES  \n1. specific performance  \n2. Injunction  \n3. EQ lien in cases where paid for but not yet completed s56 SOG ACT protects remedies 1-3 of s4 (2)  \n• s4 (2) (a) amended s4(2) in areas where:  \no rescission applies for innocent misrepresentation  \no swept away right to rescind (if performed can’t rescind) .  \no h/ever academic argument as to whether or not it applies  \nGOODS  \n• For the SOG Act to apply there must be a sale of goods (s5)  \n• DEFINITION/ISSUES:  \no excludes land or interest in land, chooses in action and money  \no includes:  \n! all chattels personal other than above items  \n! things severed from land provided the thing is capable of severance and thereis in fact an agreement to sever, otherwise it will be a sale of land and not a sale of goods; Mills v Stokman (1966) 116 CLR 61.  \no Definition difficulty in distinguishing contract for the sale of goods from a contract for work done and materials supplied.  \n• If the contract is one for the transfer of title to a chattel then it is a sale of goods  \no However if essence of the contract is the skill of the other party then it is not a contract for the sale of goods.  \no For example: a contract for the sale of a mink jacket is a sale of goods even though skill is expended in its creation; Marcel Furriers Ltd v Tapper [1953] 1 WLR 49. However, a contract with an artist to paint one’s portrait is not a contract for the sale of goods; Robinson v Graves [1935] 1 KB 579.  \no Position is not clear with respect to software.(See Construction Products Pty Ltd v  \n• Goods need not be transferred at the time of making the contract but may be transferred at a later time  \no Essential character/substance test  \n! Tendency to return to older test in Lee v Griffin (1861)  \n! Per Blackburn J “if the contract be such that it will result in the sale if a chattel, the proper form of action, if the employer refuse to accept the article when made, would be for not accepting.”  \n! Difficulty of distinguishment between tests (essent. indistinguishable) drawn in Hewett v Court  \n! Application unpredictable  \no Arguable that a better test would be whether the contract results in the sale of a chattel; see Delta Nominees Pty Ltd v Viscount Plastic Products Pty Ltd [1979] VR  \n167 at 181-186.  \no  \nELEMENTS IN A CONTRACT OF SALE OF GOODS  \n• A contract for the sale of goods is defined as a contr","cbCaicQUeqVIn84i","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicQUeqVIn84i","pdf",205323,14,"English","# Outcomes\n## Definition and classification of goods\n## Distinguishing sale of goods from other sales\n## Warranties as to title\n## Transfers by non-owners\n## Passing of property\n## Risk\n## Retention of title\n## Implied terms\n## Sale by sample\n## Remedies (buyer and seller)\n## Vienna Convention\n# Common law codification and statutory framework\n## UK acts and Australian state legislation\n# Core contract definition and scope (SOG Act)\n## Contract of sale of goods\n## Default rules and “not a complete code”\n## Remedial principles (specific performance, injunction, equitable lien)\n# Goods concept and distinguishing issues\n## Exclusions and inclusions\n## Contracts for work/materials vs sale of goods\n## Examples: mink jacket and portrait painting\n# Passing of property and the “agreement to sell” distinction","[{\"question\":\"What is a contract for the sale of goods under the SOG Act?\",\"answer\":\"It is a contract where the seller transfers or agrees to transfer the property in goods to the buyer for money consideration (price). 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