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11-12-07, 10:34 AM
Egan v Motor Services Bath [2007] EWCA Civ 1002
The claimant bought a car from the defendants. He found it had a tendency to veer to the left and purported to reject the car as being of unsatisfactory quality. The defendants denied that there was any such fault, and the judge (after hearing expert evidence) found in their favour. Dimissing the claimant's appeal, Ward LJ said it was not enough that the vehicle was unsatisfactory to the purchaser: for the purposes of s.14(2A) of the Sale of Goods Act 1979, goods are unsatisfactory only if they do not meet the standard that a reasonable person would regard as satisfactory.
The claimant bought a car from the defendants. He found it had a tendency to veer to the left and purported to reject the car as being of unsatisfactory quality. The defendants denied that there was any such fault, and the judge (after hearing expert evidence) found in their favour. Dimissing the claimant's appeal, Ward LJ said it was not enough that the vehicle was unsatisfactory to the purchaser: for the purposes of s.14(2A) of the Sale of Goods Act 1979, goods are unsatisfactory only if they do not meet the standard that a reasonable person would regard as satisfactory.