... significant example of this is the Sale of Goods Act 1979 (as amended by the Sale and Supply of Goods Act 1994). There are many terms incorporated into a consumer transaction by this statute. S.12 of the Act states that the seller has the right to sell the goods i.e. has the title to the goods. In the case of Rowland v Divall (1923) the claimant bought a car from the defendant. However, both parties were unaware that the car had been stolen. The claimant then sold the car to a third party from which the true owners' insurance company reclaimed it. It was held that the defendant was in breach of s.12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and therefore ownership was never transferred to the claimant. Another incorporated term is s.13 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979. This section denotes that goods will correspond to their ...

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