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CISG-online number
6931
Case name
Ghanaian gold case
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Bundesgericht/Tribunal fédéral (Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Chamber
I. zivilrechtliche Abteilung/Ire Cour de droit civil (1st department for civil law matters)
Judges
Monique Jametti (Presiding Judge), Marie-Chantal May Canellas (Judge), Yves Rüedi (Judge), Niklaus Matt (Gerichtsschreiber)
Date of decision
04 March 2024
Case nr./docket nr.
4A_459/2023
Claimant 1
Place of business
Spain
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondents 2
Name
[...] Ltd.
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Seller
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Ghanaian gold case
Bezirksgericht Uster (Court of First Instance Uster)
Switzerland, 24 February 2021 – CG180011-I, CISG-online 6691
Ghanaian gold case
Obergericht des Kantons Zürich (Court of Appeal Canton Zurich)
Switzerland, 14 July 2023 – LB210015-O/U, CISG-online 6759
Present decision affirming
Sellers 2
Name
[...] Ltd.
Place of business
Switzerland
Place of business
Switzerland
Buyer 1
Place of business
Spain
Category of goods
97: Gold, non-monetary (excluding gold, ores and concentrates)
Goods as per contract
14 kilograms of gold
Price
465'000.00 EUR (Euro)
CISG applicable
yes
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Swiss law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 67(1)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 31(a)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Burden of proof; Joint and several liability
Decision published in 1
Jusletter (24. November 2025), 10–11 [Abstract – in German]
Comment on this decision 1
Christoph Brunner, Dario Galli & Markus Vischer, 'Die Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichts zum Kaufvertragsrecht im Jahr 2024', Jusletter (24. November 2025), 1–52, at no. 33–36 [– in German]  
Full text of decision 1
Full text of decision
Original language: German