Search for cases

CISG-online number
218
Case name
Roder Zelt- und Hallenkonstruktionen GmbH v. Rosedown Park Pty Ltd
Jurisdiction
Australia
Court
Federal Court of Australia
Chamber
South Australia Registry
Judge
Von Doussa (Sole judge)
Date of decision
28 April 1995
Case nr./docket nr.
[1995] FCA 1221 / SG 3076 of 1993
Claimant 1
Name
Roder Zelt- und Hallenkonstruktionen GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondents 2
Name
Rosedown Park Pty Ltd
Place of business
Australia
Role in transaction
Buyer
Name
Reginald R. Eustace
Place of business
Australia
Role in transaction
Buyer's insolvency administrator
Seller 1
Name
Roder Zelt- und Hallenkonstruktionen GmbH
Place of business
Germany
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Name
Rosedown Park Pty Ltd
Place of business
Australia
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
65: Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, not elsewhere specified, and related products
Goods as per contract
Tent hall structures
Price
609'102.00 DEM (Deutsche Mark)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 4; Art. 8(1); Art. 8(2); Art. 8(3); Art. 25; Art. 26; Art. 63; Art. 64
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 11; Art. 15(1); Art. 18(1); Art. 29(1); Art. 53; Art. 61; Art. 74; Art. 75; Art. 76; Art. 81; Art. 84
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Retention of title clause in CISG contract
This decision is cited by 5
Can bottling machine case
Tribunale d'appello Ticino (Court of Appeal Canton Ticino)
Switzerland, 20 April 2016 – 15.2016.26, CISG-online 2759
Castel Electronics Pty Ltd v. Toshiba Singapore Pte Ltd
Federal Court of Australia
Australia, 20 April 2011 – [2011] FCAFC 55 / VID 1080 of 2010, CISG-online 2219
Olivaylle Pty Ltd v. Flottweg GmbH & Co KGaA
Federal Court of Australia
Australia, 20 May 2009 – [2009] FCA 522, CISG-online 1902
Equipment for packaging of milk case
Spoljnotrgovinska arbitraža pri Privrednoj komori Srbije (Foreign Trade Court of Arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia)
Arbitration, 15 July 2008 – T-4/05, CISG-online 1795
Usinor Industeel v. Leeco Steel Products, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
USA, 28 March 2002 – 02 C 0540, CISG-online 696
CLOUT number
308
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
950428a2
Comments on this decision 6
Yehya Badr, 'Going Hybrid: How Hybrid Choice of Law Clauses Can Save the CISG', 41 Journal of Law & Commerce (J.L. & Com.) (2022), 73–101, at 100 [– in English]  
Chengwei Liu, 'Effects of Avoidance: Perspectives from the CISG, UNIDROIT Principles and PECL and case law', Nordic Journal of Commercial Law (NJCL) (2005), #1, 1–31, at 16 [– in English]  
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 224 [– in German]
Lisa Spagnolo, 'The Last Outpost: Automatic CISG Opt Outs, Misapplications and the Costs of Ignoring the Vienna Sales Convention for Australian Lawyers', 10 Melbourne Journal of International Law (Melb. J. Int'l L.) (2009), 141–216, at 171–174 [– in English]  
Steven Walt, 'Implementing CISG's Scope Provisions: Validity and Three-Party Cases', 35 Uniform Commercial Code Law Journal (UCC L.J.) (2002), 43–62, at 57–58 [– in English]
Jacob S. Ziegel, 'Comment on Roder Zelt- und Hallenkonstruktionen GmbH v. Rosedown Park Pty Ltd', 1 Review of the Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods (Rev. CISG) (1999), 53–62 [– in English]
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 308 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: English