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Borden (UK) Ltd v Scottish Timber Products Ltd

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28: 152:, and the extent to which the vendor of raw material can seek to assert title to good into which those raw materials are subsequently worked. The court held that when the relevant raw material was worked into another product it ceased to exist as a separate type of property, and accordingly it was no longer possible for a seller to retain title to it. 386:
The lesson to be learned from these conclusions is a simple one. If the seller of goods to a manufacturer, who knows that his goods are to be used in the manufacturing process before they are paid for wishes to reserve to himself an effective security for the payment of the price, he cannot rely on
172:. The company could store approximately two days' worth of resin on their premises. As part of the manufacturing process, the resin was mixed with hardeners and wax emulsion. This process created what was referred to as "glue mix" and was irreversible. 398:
gave short concurring judgments. They added in their judgment that acquiring title in the worked product would generally result in the interest being treated as an equitable charge, which would be void if not properly registered under the
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He held that the process of working the resin destroyed that product, and the title of any person which was vested in it. Accordingly, the title which was retained under the agreement was extinguished. He went on to elaborate:
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a simple reservation of title clause such as that relied upon by the plaintiffs. If he wishes to acquire rights over the finished product, he can only do so by express contractual stipulation.
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There was actually an issue between the parties as to whether the clause formed part of the contract. The judge at trial held that it did, and there was no appeal against that finding.
267: 183:. Borden sought declarations from the court that they could trace their title to the resin under the retention of title clauses into the glue mix and the worked products. 364: 463: 329: 212: 521: 526: 356: 108: 229: 145: 38: 164:. They were the main suppliers of that product to the company, Scottish Timber Products Ltd, who used it to manufacture 205: 395: 104: 447: 291: 198: 467: 439: 370: 169: 149: 123: 317: 8: 404: 400: 27: 443: 345: 341: 241: 279: 295: 305: 165: 515: 391: 375: 128: 100: 176: 190: 180: 466:. Ius Commune Casebooks for the common law of Europe. Archived from 368:
1 WLR 676 in relation to retention of title, and the decision in
464:"BORDEN (U.K.) LTD. v SCOTTISH TIMBER PRODUCTS LTD. AND ANOTHER" 168:. The resin was sold on credit terms. Those terms included a 161: 365:
Aluminium Industrie Vaassen BV v Romalpa Aluminium Ltd
415:The case is still accepted as authoritative today. 513: 362:He considered carefully the earlier decision of 355:The main decision of the court was delivered by 160:Borden (UK) Ltd were manufacturers of chipboard 374:(1880) 13 Ch D 696 in relation to the right to 49:Borden (UK) Ltd v Scottish Timber Products Ltd 255:Borden (UK) Ltd v Scottish Timber Products Ltd 141:Borden (UK) Ltd v Scottish Timber Products Ltd 21:Borden (UK) Ltd v Scottish Timber Products Ltd 433: 206: 220: 175:On 16 September 1977 the company went into 213: 199: 429: 427: 514: 424: 194: 230:Aluminium BV v Romalpa Aluminium Ltd 146:Court of Appeal of England and Wales 144:Ch 25 is a judicial decision of the 13: 522:United Kingdom insolvency case law 14: 538: 268:Indian Oil v Greenstone Shipping 26: 527:1981 in United Kingdom case law 500: 491: 482: 456: 436:Trusts Law: Text and Materials 1: 292:Barclays Ltd v Quistclose Ltd 179:, and then subsequently into 418: 410: 7: 186: 10: 543: 440:Cambridge University Press 150:retention of title clauses 338: 326: 314: 302: 288: 276: 264: 250: 238: 226: 170:retention of title clause 119: 114: 96: 91: 83: 78: 62: 54: 44: 34: 25: 20: 155: 221:Cases on quasi-security 434:Graham Moffat (2005). 389: 124:Title retention clause 384: 181:insolvent liquidation 318:Re Curtain Dream plc 371:Re Hallett's Estate 405:Companies Act 2006 401:Companies Act 1948 470:on 16 August 2017 352: 351: 346:UK insolvency law 342:Security interest 242:Re Bond Worth Ltd 137: 136: 87:2 Lloyd's Rep 168 74:(1979) 123 SJ 688 72:1 Lloyd's Rep 160 534: 507: 504: 498: 497:Ch 25 at 32, 33. 495: 489: 486: 480: 479: 477: 475: 460: 454: 453: 438:(4th ed.). 431: 280:Re Peachdart Ltd 256: 215: 208: 201: 192: 191: 92:Court membership 30: 18: 17: 542: 541: 537: 536: 535: 533: 532: 531: 512: 511: 510: 505: 501: 496: 492: 487: 483: 473: 471: 462: 461: 457: 450: 432: 425: 421: 413: 353: 348: 334: 322: 310: 298: 284: 272: 260: 254: 246: 234: 222: 219: 189: 158: 133: 107: 103: 73: 71: 69: 67: 39:Court of Appeal 12: 11: 5: 540: 530: 529: 524: 509: 508: 499: 490: 481: 455: 448: 422: 420: 417: 412: 409: 350: 349: 339: 336: 335: 327: 324: 323: 315: 312: 311: 306:Re Kayford Ltd 303: 300: 299: 289: 286: 285: 277: 274: 273: 265: 262: 261: 251: 248: 247: 239: 236: 235: 227: 224: 223: 218: 217: 210: 203: 195: 188: 185: 157: 154: 135: 134: 132: 131: 126: 120: 117: 116: 112: 111: 98: 97:Judges sitting 94: 93: 89: 88: 85: 81: 80: 76: 75: 64: 60: 59: 56: 52: 51: 46: 45:Full case name 42: 41: 36: 32: 31: 23: 22: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 539: 528: 525: 523: 520: 519: 517: 506:Ch 25 at 42C. 503: 494: 485: 469: 465: 459: 451: 445: 441: 437: 430: 428: 423: 416: 408: 406: 402: 397: 393: 388: 383: 379: 377: 373: 372: 367: 366: 360: 358: 347: 343: 337: 332: 331: 330:WDA v Exfinco 325: 320: 319: 313: 308: 307: 301: 297: 294: 293: 287: 282: 281: 275: 270: 269: 263: 258: 257: 249: 244: 243: 237: 232: 231: 225: 216: 211: 209: 204: 202: 197: 196: 193: 184: 182: 178: 173: 171: 167: 163: 153: 151: 147: 143: 142: 130: 127: 125: 122: 121: 118: 113: 110: 106: 102: 99: 95: 90: 86: 84:Appealed from 82: 77: 65: 61: 57: 53: 50: 47: 43: 40: 37: 33: 29: 24: 19: 16: 502: 493: 484: 472:. Retrieved 468:the original 458: 442:. page 791. 435: 414: 396:Templeman LJ 390: 385: 380: 369: 363: 361: 354: 328: 316: 304: 290: 278: 266: 253: 252: 240: 228: 177:receivership 174: 159: 148:relating to 140: 139: 138: 105:Templeman LJ 79:Case history 70:3 All ER 961 58:10 July 1979 48: 15: 516:Categories 449:0521674662 392:Buckley LJ 101:Buckley LJ 474:16 August 419:Footnotes 411:Authority 403:(now the 357:Bridge LJ 309:1 WLR 279 271:3 WLR 869 233:1 WLR 676 166:chipboard 109:Bridge LJ 68:3 WLR 672 63:Citations 333:BCLC 148 321:BCLC 925 187:Decision 115:Keywords 129:tracing 55:Decided 446:  296:UKHL 4 283:Ch 131 245:Ch 228 376:trace 259:Ch 25 162:resin 156:Facts 66:Ch 25 35:Court 476:2017 444:ISBN 394:and 344:and 340:see 407:). 518:: 426:^ 378:. 359:. 478:. 452:. 214:e 207:t 200:v

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Court of Appeal
Buckley LJ
Templeman LJ
Bridge LJ
Title retention clause
tracing
Court of Appeal of England and Wales
retention of title clauses
resin
chipboard
retention of title clause
receivership
insolvent liquidation
v
t
e
Aluminium BV v Romalpa Aluminium Ltd
Re Bond Worth Ltd
Borden (UK) Ltd v Scottish Timber Products Ltd
Indian Oil v Greenstone Shipping
Re Peachdart Ltd
Barclays Ltd v Quistclose Ltd
UKHL 4
Re Kayford Ltd
Re Curtain Dream plc
WDA v Exfinco
Security interest
UK insolvency law
Bridge LJ

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