The Gazette 1980

SEPTEMBER 1980

GAZETTE

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.

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