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CISG-online number
1882
Case name
Log house case
Jurisdiction
Finland
Court
Korkein oikeus (Finnish Supreme Court)
Date of decision
14 October 2005
Case nr./docket nr.
2005:114 / S2004/50
Claimant 1
Place of business
Finland
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Germany
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Log house case
Heinolan käräjäoikeus (District Court Heinola)
Finland, 27 January 2003, CISG-online 4087
Log house case
Kouvolan hovioikeus (Court of Appeal Kouvola)
Finland, 13 November 2003, CISG-online 4092
Present decision reversing and remanding
Log house case
Heinolan käräjäoikeus (District Court Heinola)
Finland, 21 April 2006 – 06/425, L 05/947, CISG-online 4095
Log house case
Kouvolan hovioikeus (Court of Appeal Kouvola)
Finland, 14 March 2007 – S 06/737, CISG-online 4097
Seller 1
Place of business
Finland
Buyer 1
Place of business
Germany
Category of goods
63: Cork and wood manufactures (excluding furniture)
Goods as per contract
Log house
Price
231'500.00 EUR (Euro)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 2(a); Art. 57(1)(a)
Editorial remark
Published in: [2005] Korkeimman oikeuden ratkaisuja II, KKO 2005:114; [2005] KKO:n ratkaisut kommentein II (ed. Pekka Timonen), KKO 2005:114.
CLOUT number
843
Comments on this decision 5
Ulrich Magnus, 'Borderline Problems of the CISG', in: Eppur si muove: The Age of Uniform Law – Essays in honour of Michael Joachim Bonell to celebrate his 70th birthday, Rome: UNIDROIT (2016), 1771–1792, at 1773–1774 [– in English]
Björn Sandvik, 'The Battle for the Consumer: On the Relation between the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and the EU Directives on Consumer Sales', European Review of Private Law (ERPL) (2012), 1097–1118, at 1103–1104 [– in English]
Lena Sisula-Tulokas, 'Bryssel - Rom - CISG - Luxemburg - Heinola: en resa i IP-rätt med HD 2005:114 som guide', in: With Wisdom, Helsinki: Waselius & Wist (2007), 141–154 [– in Swedish]
Lena Sisula-Tulokas, 'Brussels - Rome - The CISG - Luxembourg - Heinola: a "consumer's" journey through private international law and international procedural law with the Supreme Court's ruling 2005:114 as a guide', in: With Wisdom, Helsinki: Waselius & Wist (2007), 302–316 [– in English]
Sanna Tohka, 'Application and the Interpretation of the CISG in Finnish Case Law 1997–2005', Nordic Journal of Commercial Law (NJCL) (2010), #2, 1–21, at 18–21 [– in English]  
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