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imprint of Mr. Dobson's undoubted teaching experience.
Curiously in a book on the Sale of Goods there is a
chapter on "Manufacturers Liability". The familiar cases
on manufacturers liability starting with
Donoghue
v.
Stevenson
and the usual problems are well presented. Mr.
Dobson becomes vague, however, when he says that "an
action in negligence is not restricted to shock and
personal injury but may also include damage to property"
but does not cite any authority for this proposition. In
most instances however Mr. Dobson carefully cites
authority for every proposition and there is a good table
of cases even if they are all English.
In the chapter on Exemption Clauses Mr. Dobson
correctly observes that the U.K. Unfair Contract Terms
Act, 1977 is a "major landmark in the development of
the law of contract". Our contract law moves forward in
step almost with the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services
Act.
Trade Descriptions and Fair Trading are also well
explained by Mr. Dobson. These subjects are relevant in
the Irish context if you read Pyramid Selling Act for Fair
Trading Act, U.K. and Consumer Information Act, 1978
for Trades Descriptions Act, 1968. Mr. Dobson's neat
explanation of the working of the Trade Descriptions Act,
1968 should be useful to an Irish Lawyer suddenly
confronted with a problem under the Consumer
Information Act, 1978.
Overall this 'concise text' is a useful though expensive
guide for students of the law on the Sale of Goods and
could be helpful to a busy practitioner who wants to keep
up with developments in this area of the law and who does
not have a new Benjamin at the elbow.
Edward J. Donelan
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