Kweku Attakora Dwomoh, a law lecturer at the University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA) has said clients can sue tailors and seamstresses if they fail to sew their Christmas dress on time.
Dressmakers failure to deliver dress of their clients on timelines is very typical in Ghana, where some have to postpone their planned Christmas outfits to Easter.
With many being oblivious of the law, coupled with the notion that ‘In Ghana no law works’ even for those who might possess knowledge of the law, frustrated clients only vent at their dressmakers and walk away.
But the UPSA Law lecturer says one can sue for damages if agreed timelines are breached.
Speaking on a local based TV station in Accra over the weekend, Mr. Dwomoh said a dressmaker and a client’s agreement is recognized by law and the failure on the side of one can makes it legit for the other to sue for damages.
“Time of delivery in a contract is a condition. So if I tell you that I want [a dress] on the 24th; even with that there are two points in there. The time of the delivery and the purpose. I tell you I need my jacket or my attire for Christmas. I tell you I need it by the 24th.
You decide to deliver it by the 1st. You would have breached that agreement that we had and the buyer is entitled to reject it,” he revealed.
The law lecturer was speaking to the rights of a buyer.
He indicated consequently, that just like sellers, buyers equally have rights duly acknowledged by the law.
One of such rights he noted is the fact that buyers receive the exact quantum of goods they purchase from sellers.
Touching on the rights of consumers, he called for the creation of relevant laws to protect the interest of buyers, to safeguard their daily transactions.
Source: Onuaonline.com|Ghana
