SOCIETE ITALO-BELGE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE v. PALM AND VEGETABLE OILS (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. (THE "POST CHASER")

[1981] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 695

QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice Robert Goff

Sale of goods (c.i.f.) - Non-acceptance - Sellers failed to make declaration as soon as possible after vessel sailed - Whether a condition of the contract - Whether sellers in default - Whether buyers entitled to reject documents - Whether buyers waived right to do so.