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CISG-online number
587
Case name
Downs Invest P/L v. Perwaja Steel SDN BHD
Jurisdiction
Australia
Court
Supreme Court of Queensland
Judge
Ambrose (Judge)
Date of decision
17 November 2000
Case nr./docket nr.
[2000] QSC 421 / SC No 10680 of 1996
Claimant 1
Name
Downs Investments Pty Ltd (formerly Wanless Metal Industries Pty Ltd)
Place of business
Australia
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
Perwaja Steel SDN BHD
Place of business
Malaysia
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Present decision
Downs Invest P/L v. Perwaja Steel SDN BHD
Supreme Court of Queensland – Court of Appeal
Australia, 12 October 2001 – Appeal No 11036 of 2000 / SC No 10680 of 1996, CISG-online 955
Seller 1
Name
Downs Investments Pty Ltd (formerly Wanless Metal Industries Pty Ltd)
Place of business
Australia
Buyer 1
Name
Perwaja Steel SDN BHD
Place of business
Malaysia
Category of goods
28: Metalliferous ores and metal scrap
Goods as per contract
30,000 metric tons of scrap metal
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 7(1); Art. 25; Art. 54; Art. 63; Art. 64; Art. 72; Art. 74; Art. 75; Art. 77; Art. 78
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(b); Art. 61
This decision cites the following other CISG-online case 1
Helen Kaminski Pty. Ltd. v. Marketing Australian Products, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
USA, 21 July 1997 – 97-8072A, M-47 (DLC), CISG-online 297
This decision is cited by 1
Organic compound case
ICC International Court of Arbitration
Arbitration, 07. 2006 – 13846 (Final Award), CISG-online 2140
CLOUT number
631
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
001117a3
Comments on this decision 2
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 176–184 [– in English]  
Bruno Zeller, 'Downs Investment Pty Ltd v Perwaja Steel SDN BHD [2000] QSC 421 (17 November 2000)', 5 Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration (VJ) (2001), 124–129 [– in English]
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Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 631 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: English