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CISG-online number
1436
Case name
Diversitel Communications, Inc. v. Glacier Bay Inc.
Jurisdiction
Canada
Court
Superior Court of Justice of Ontario
Judge
Giovanna Toscano Roccamo (Sole judge)
Date of decision
06 October 2003
Case nr./docket nr.
03-CV-23776 SR
Claimants 2
Name
Diversitel Communications, Inc.
Place of business
Canada
Role in transaction
Buyer
Name
Diversitel Communications, Inc.
Place of business
Canada
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Glacier Bay Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Present decision
Diversitel Communications, Inc. v. Glacier Bay Inc.
Court of Appeal of Ontario
Canada, 01 July 2004 – M30636 (C40887), CISG-online 4277
declaring appeal inadmissible
Seller 1
Name
Glacier Bay Inc.
Place of business
USA
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyers 2
Name
Diversitel Communications, Inc.
Place of business
Canada
Role in trade
Manufacturer purchasing goods as supplies for production purposes
Name
Diversitel Communications, Inc.
Place of business
Canada
Role in trade
Manufacturer purchasing goods as supplies for production purposes
Category of goods
66: Non-metallic mineral manufactures, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Vacuum panel insulation, to be used in the production of 6 special power supply systems for the High Arctic
Price
144'900.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes
CISG applied
yes
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 25
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 49
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 33; Art. 81(2)
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 3
General Refractories Co. of Canada v. Venturedyne Ltd.
Superior Court of Justice of Ontario
Canada, 09 January 2002 – 3409/85, CISG-online 4276
La San Giuseppe v. Forti Moulding Ltd.
Superior Court of Justice of Ontario
Canada, 31 August 1999 – 98-CV-142493CM, CISG-online 433
Used printing machines case I
Oberlandesgericht Celle (Court of Appeal Celle)
Germany, 24 May 1995 – 20 U 76/94, CISG-online 152
CLOUT number
859
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
031006c4
Comments on this decision 4
Peter J. Mazzacano, 'Canadian Jurisprudence and the Uniform Application of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods', Review of the Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods (Rev. CISG) (2006), 85–151, at 137–143 [– in English]
John P. McEvoy, 'Canada', in: Franco Ferrari (ed.), The CISG and its Impact on National Legal Systems, Munich: Sellier. European Law Publishers (2008), 33–70, at 56–57 [– in English]
Ulrich G. Schroeter, Internationales UN-Kaufrecht, 7th ed., Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (2022), at no. 551 [– in German]
Rajeev Sharma, 'The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: The Canadian Experience', 36 Victoria University of Wellington Law Review (VUWLR) (2005), 847–858, at 854–856 [– in English]  
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Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 859 (Language: English)
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Original language: English