Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
RESERVATION OF TITLE—THE HOUSE OF LORDS SPEAKS WITH A SCOTTISH ACCENT
Armour v. Thyssen Edelstahlwerke A. G.
It has become almost a cliché that reservation of title clauses or retention of title clauses in contracts for the sale of goods have assumed enormous significance since the decision of the English Court of Appeal in Aluminium Industrie Vaassen B.V. v. Romalpa Aluminium Ltd.1 The process of identification has become so complete that reservation of title clauses have been accorded the appellation “Romalpa” clauses. In these circumstances one might be forgiven for supposing that Romalpa
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