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SALE OF GOODS ACT 1954 - SECT 54

Damages for nondelivery

    (1)     If the seller wrongfully neglects or refuses to deliver the goods to the buyer, the buyer may maintain an action against the seller for damages for nondelivery.

    (2)     The measure of damages is the estimated loss directly and naturally resulting in the ordinary course of events from the seller's breach of contract.

    (3)     If there is an available market for the goods, the measure of damages is prima facie to be ascertained by the difference between the contract price and the market or current price of the goods at the time or times when they ought to have been delivered, or, if no time was fixed, at the time of the refusal to deliver.



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