Whose line is it anyway?
13 September 2012
Although the law lies down when import and export licences are needed, there is little guidance on whether responsibility for obtaining these lies with the buyer or seller, as The Buyer finds out
In many contracts of sale, it may be that both an export or an import licence is needed, and quite possibly both. It can, therefore, frequently be of considerable importance to know just which of the parties is obliged to obtain the relevant permit. Unhelpfully, the courts have resolutely declined to lay down any general principles on this question and have taken...