J L Lyons & Co Ltd v May & Baker Ltd [1923] 1 KB 685

Citation:J L Lyons & Co Ltd v May & Baker Ltd [1923] 1 KB 685

Link to case on WorldLII (reference).

Rule of thumb:What is meant by lien? There is a right of lien – if a buyer does not pay a bill/debt for goods or services, then the seller is entitled to keep property belonging to the buyer until the debt is paid.

Judgment:

‘If the bill is dishonoured before delivery has been made, then the vendor’s lien revives; or if the purchaser becomes openly insolvent before the delivery actually takes place, then the law does not compel the vendor to deliver to an insolvent purchaser’, Mellish LJ

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