KH & KX v MX [2022] NZDT 63 (5 June 2022) [pdf, 112 KB]
...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. I have determined the sale of the car was a sale of a good, made in the context of a private sale. MX is not in trade. 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, as MX was not in trade there is no implied con...