ICANBusiness LawSale of Goods and Hire Purchase2022

Chief Okafor purchased a chemical compound from Apex Industrial Supplies Ltd, expressly informing the seller that it was needed for processing and bleaching edible palm oil. Apex Ltd, which regularly deals in industrial chemicals, supplied a standard industrial compound that destroyed Chief Okafor's batch of oil because it contained toxic heavy metals. Apex Ltd argues that no express quality term was written in the contract. Under Section 14(1) of the Sale of Goods Act 1893, what is the legal position?

AApex Ltd is not liable because written terms override all oral disclosures made prior to contract execution
BApex Ltd is liable for breach of an implied condition of fitness for a particular purpose, as the buyer relied on the seller's skill and judgmentCORRECT
CChief Okafor has no remedy under the rule of caveat emptor, which applies strictly to all commercial sales
DApex Ltd is only liable for nominal damages because palm oil processing is considered an unusual industrial usage
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Under Section 14(1) of the Sale of Goods Act 1893, where a buyer makes known to the seller the particular purpose for which goods are required, showing reliance on the seller's skill or judgment, and the goods are of a description which it is in the course of the seller's business to supply, there is an implied condition that the goods are reasonably fit for that purpose.
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