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1、SummaryFacts:Plaintiff:LaSanGiuseppe(LSG),anItalycompany,manufacturespictureframemouldingsinVenice.Defendant:FortiMouldingLtd,aCanadiancompany,distributesmouldingsandpictureframesinToronto.Thetwopartiesneverhadawrittenagreement.Generally,FortiMouldingplacedorderbyfax.Overtheyears,paymentsweren
2、otnecessarilymadewithinthe30days,butweremademoreorlesscurrentlyuntil1995.ByJanuary,1996,Mr.Moschini,whoinchargeofforeignsalesforLSG,becameconcernedaboutthelongdelaysinpaymentbyForti.Afterfurtherunsuccessfuldemandsforpayment,theplaintiffbroughtanactionclaimingdamagesforbreachofcontractagainstFo
3、rti.However,thedefendantcounterclaimedfordamagesandsetoff,allegingthatsomeofthemouldingsreceivedfromLSGovertheyearsweredefective.Questions:1.Defendantcomplainedaboutpoorqualityinproduction;Plaintifftestifiedtherewerenocomplaintsuntiltheselegalproceedingscommenced.2.Defendantcomplainedthesawsen
4、twasnottheoneordered,becauseitwasnotcomputerized;thedifferenceinvaluebetweenthepriceoftheoldsawandthenewsaw.3.Therewereovershipmentsin1994and1996.Ruling&ReasoningBaseontheInternationalSaleofGoodsContractsConventionAct,S.C1991,c.13andInternationalSaleofGoodsActs,R.S.O.1990,c.1.10.thattheplainti
5、ffusedtosupporthisevidence.1.Theclaimofqualitywasrejected.Mostimportantisthefactthatthedefendantmadenowrittencomplaintsaboutthequalityofthemouldings.ToArticle1,thebothpartieshaveplacesofbusinessincontractingstates—Ontario.Article2(a)providesthattheconventiondoesnotapplytogoodsbroughtforpersona
6、l,familyorhouseholduse,norconcludethesecountriesbetweenparties.TheyfailedtomaketimelycomplaintspriortotheStatementofDefense,andthisisabarunderArticle39Article39(1)requiresthatthegoodsmustbegiventothesellerwithinareasonabletimenotlaterthan2yearsafteractualdelivery.Article40requiresthattheseller
7、cannotrelyonthislimitationperiod.2.Plaintiffshowthereisnomerittothisclaimfordamages.Thesawreceivedwasnotdifferentfromwhatthedefendantorderedinanysignificantway,especiallygiventhefactthathepaidforitandmadenowrittencomplaintsaboutit.3.The