Possessing the facts
13 September 2012
Buyers should be aware that possessing goods is not always synonymous with legally owning them. Peter Marsh and Frank Griffiths explain the law surrounding hire-purchase agreements
With personal property, the fact that someone is in possession of goods is no evidence that they are the true owner. There is no system of registration, as there is with land, and there are many situations in which a person can be in possession of goods without being the owner, the most obvious being where they have leased goods or are buying them under a hire-...