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CISG-online number
2113
Case name
Smallmon v. Transport Sales Limited
Jurisdiction
New Zealand
Court
High Court of New Zealand
Chamber
Christchurch Registry
Date of decision
30 July 2010
Case nr./docket nr.
[2012] NZLR 109 / CIV-2009-409-000363
Claimant 1
Name
R.J. & A.M. Smallmon
Place of business
Australia
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondents 2
Name
Transport Sales Limited
Place of business
New Zealand
Role in transaction
Seller
Name
Grant Alan Miller
Place of business
New Zealand
Role in transaction
Seller‘s owner and director
Case History
Present decision
Smallmon v. Transport Sales Limited
Court of Appeal of New Zealand
New Zealand, 22 July 2011 – [2011] NZCA 340 / C A545/2010, CISG-online 2215
affirming
Seller 1
Name
Transport Sales Limited
Place of business
New Zealand
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Name
R.J. & A.M. Smallmon
Place of business
Australia
Role in trade
End-user of the goods
Category of goods
78: Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)
Goods as per contract
4 used trucks
Price
284'000.00 NZD (New Zealand Dollar)
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
New Zealand law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 8(1); Art. 35(2)(a); Art. 35(2)(b)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 7(1); Art. 7(2)
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Relevance of local standards (in buyer’s country or third country) for conformity of the goods
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 3
Medical Marketing Int'l, Inc. v. Internazionale Medico Scientifica, S.r.l.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
USA, 17 May 1999 – CIV. A. 99-0380, CISG-online 387
Caiato v. Factor France S.A.
Cour d'appel de Grenoble (Court of Appeal Grenoble)
France, 13 September 1995 – 93/4126, CISG-online 157
New Zealand mussels case
Bundesgerichtshof (German Supreme Court)
Germany, 08 March 1995 – VIII ZR 159/94, CISG-online 144
This decision is cited by 1
ALAKart Kft. v. Pizzul S.r.l.
Tribunale di Trieste (District Court Trieste)
Italy, 17 June 2019 – 2640/2016, CISG-online 5184
Decision published in 1
Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2011), 123–128
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
100730n6
Comments on this decision 2
Raphael Koch, 'Case note: High Court of New Zealand, Christchurch Registry, Judgment, 30 July 2010 – CIV-2009-409-000363 (RJ & AM Smallmon ./. Transport Sales Ltd And Grant Alan Miller)', Internationales Handelsrecht (IHR) (2011), 129–130 [– in English]
Bruno Zeller, 'Analysis of the Cultural Homeward Trend in International Sales Law', 10(1) Victoria University Law and Justice Journal (VULJ) (2021), 131–143, at 140 [– in English]  
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Original language: English