TX v OI [2021] NZDT 1351 (19 April 2021) [pdf, 211 KB]
...vehicle? 5. The starting point is the principle of caveat emptor, or ‘buyer beware’. The general position is that the buyer must be responsible for his or her own purchasing decision. 6. It is also the sale of a good, made in the context of a private sale. OI is not in trade and sold the car privately. 7. Where goods are sold by a seller in trade, there are implied conditions, such as those relating to the goods being reasonably fit for purpose. However, there are otherwis...