CISG CASE PRESENTATION

Netherlands 8 July 2011 Supreme Court (Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij G4 Management BV, Ntwikkelingsmaatschappij G4 CV v. Hanzevast Investments BV, Hanzevast Investments III BV)
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/110708n1.html]

Case Table of Contents

• Case identification
• Classification of issues present
• Editorial remarks
• Citations to case abstracts, texts, and commentaries

• Guide to links contained in case presentations

Case identification

DATE OF DECISION: 20110708 (08 July 2011)

JURISDICTION: Netherlands

TRIBUNAL: HR [= Hoge Raad = Supreme Court]

JUDGE(S): Unavailable

CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: 10/00006

CASE NAME: Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij G4 Management BV, Ntwikkelingsmaatschappij G4 CV v. Hanzevast Investments BV, Hanzevast Investments III BV

CASE HISTORY: Unavailable

SELLER'S COUNTRY: Netherlands

BUYER'S COUNTRY: Netherlands

GOODS INVOLVED: Office Space

Classification of issues present

APPLICATION OF CISG: Yes

APPLICABLE CISG PROVISIONS AND ISSUES

Key CISG provisions at issue: Articles 45 ; 49 ; 61 ; 64

Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:

49A ; 49A1 ; 49A11 [Grounds for avoidance ; Fundamental breach of contract (art. 49(1)(a)) ; Consequences of fundamental breach: art. 81];

61A [Summary of seller's remedies (cf. similar summary art. 45)];

64A ; 64A1 [Grounds for avoidance ; Fundamental breach of contract (art. 64(1)(a))]

Descriptors: Avoidance ; Fundamental Breach

Editorial remarks

• Unavailable

Citations to case abstracts, texts, and commentaries

CITATIONS TO ABSTRACTS OF DECISION

(a) UNCITRAL abstract: Unavailable

(b) Other abstracts

Unavailable

CITATIONS TO TEXT OF DECISION

Original language (Dutch): Website of the Dutch courts <http://zoeken.rechtspraak.nl/resultpage.aspx?snelzoeken=true&searchtype=ljn&ljn=BQ1684&vrije_tekst=CISG>

Translation: Unavailable

CITATIONS TO COMMENTS ON DECISION

English: Apostolos Georgiades, Athens 2005, Section I, subparagraphs 2 and 3; also see Schlechtriem, Damages, Avoidance of the Contract and Performance Interest under the CISG, available online at <http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/cisg/biblio/schlechtriem21.html>