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The criminal law does little to protect a buyer at auction. Instead, this principal means of recourse is through the civil law - Discuss with particular reference to the misattribution of works of art and antiquities.
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INSTITUTE OF ART AND LAW Preperatory Certificate in Art Law Assignment 3: Auction Law Katharina v. Boehm Sophienstr. 25 10178 Berlin Germany Question: The criminal law does little to protect a buyer at auction. Instead, this principal means of recourse is through the civil law. Discuss with particular reference to the misattribution of works of art and antiquities. I. Introduction The question of the legal protection of the buyer in an auction requires the examination of both criminal law and civil law relating to this question. II. Criminl liability of the auctioneer 1.) 1968 Trade Descriptions Act and especially the interpretation givent to it by May v. Vincent Section 1 of the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 lays down two basic offences s. 1 (1) (a) punishes the person who appliesa false trade description to any goods in the course of a trade or business. s. 1 (1) (b) punishes the person who supplies or offers to supply goods to which a false trade...
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