Business I / The Commercial Registry and Legal Publicity
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A supplier checks the Commercial Registry, sees Ana listed as administrator, and contracts with her, but the company revoked her powers a month ago without registering it. Who bears the loss?

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  1. The register exists to be relied on. Ask what that reliance is worth if it can be defeated by unpublished facts.
  2. Who was in a position to register the revocation?
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A. The company, since an unregistered fact cannot bind a good-faith buyer

Why

Negative publicity puts the cost on the party who could have registered and did not, so the market can trade on the register rather than investigating each counterparty. Making reliance safe is the whole reason a public ledger of corporate life exists.

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