{"id":17780,"date":"2025-06-23T11:47:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T09:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melo.no\/?p=17780"},"modified":"2026-06-24T09:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T07:50:19","slug":"selgers-opplysningsplikt-kontra-kjopers-undersokelsesplikt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melo.no\/en\/juridisk-innsikt\/kontrakt\/selgers-opplysningsplikt-kontra-kjopers-undersokelsesplikt\/","title":{"rendered":"The seller\u2019s duty to disclose vs. the buyer\u2019s duty to inspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_6a60c0e62bdaa\"  data-midnight=\"dark\" data-top-percent=\"3%\"  data-bg-mobile-hidden=\"\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row standard_section\"  style=\"padding-top: calc(100vw * 0.03); padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\"><div class=\"inner-wrap\"><div class=\"row-bg\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding\"  data-t-w-inherits=\"default\" data-border-radius=\"none\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-border-animation=\"\" data-border-animation-delay=\"\" data-border-width=\"none\" data-border-style=\"solid\" data-border-color=\"\" data-bg-cover=\"\" data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-hover-bg=\"\" data-hover-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" ><div class=\"column-bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_6a60c0e62bfc3\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" data-bg-mobile-hidden=\"\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row standard_section\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\"  style=\"\"><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col has-animation no-extra-padding\"   data-t-w-inherits=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-border-radius=\"none\" data-border-animation=\"\" data-border-animation-delay=\"\" data-border-width=\"none\" data-border-style=\"solid\" data-border-color=\"\" data-bg-cover=\"\" data-padding-pos=\"top-bottom\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-hover-bg=\"\" data-hover-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"fade-in-from-bottom\" data-delay=\"0\"><div class=\"column-bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\r\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1782216713341\" >\r\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\r\n\t\t<p>If the seller provides the buyer with incorrect information about the goods, this may result in the goods being considered defective. This follows from Section 18 of the Norwegian Sale of Goods Act.<\/p>\n<div>The seller may also be held liable for incorrect information provided by persons other than the seller, provided that the information was given on behalf of the seller or a previous seller in the chain of distribution. However, the Act makes an exception for situations where the seller neither knew nor ought to have known that the information had been provided.<\/div>\n<h2>The seller must also provide complete information<\/h2>\n<div>The duty to disclose also applies where the seller fails to provide relevant information to the buyer. The Norwegian Consumer Purchases Act contains a specific provision on this issue in Section 16, but it is generally assumed that the same principle applies under the Sale of Goods Act.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The duty to disclose is, however, limited to information concerning the goods or their intended use that the seller knows or ought to know about. Typically, this concerns information of a negative nature, such as the fact that a vehicle has previously been involved in a collision and suffered damage.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Furthermore, the information must be of a kind that the buyer had reason to expect to receive. Consequently, omissions relating to trivial or insignificant matters will not constitute a defect.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In addition, there is a requirement that \u201cthe omission may be assumed to have influenced the purchase.\u201d If the information would have made no difference to the buyer\u2019s decision, the failure to disclose it will not constitute a defect.<\/div>\n<h2>The buyer\u2019s duty to inspect<\/h2>\n<div>The buyer may not rely on a defect if he or she was aware of the relevant circumstance when entering into the contract. The same applies where the buyer \u201cought to have been aware of it.\u201d This follows from Section 20 of the Sale of Goods Act. Accordingly, it is not necessary that the buyer had actual knowledge of the relevant circumstance.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>If the buyer has inspected the goods before the purchase, the general rule is that the buyer cannot subsequently invoke as a defect anything that should have been discovered during that inspection.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The same applies where the buyer, without reasonable cause, fails to comply with the seller\u2019s request to inspect the goods. The buyer may have reasonable grounds for not carrying out an inspection, for example where there is reason to rely on the seller\u2019s expertise, or where an inspection would involve unreasonable expense or waste of time, such as when the goods are located elsewhere.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If the seller has expressly assured or guaranteed that a particular characteristic or quality is present, the buyer will ordinarily not be required to investigate whether this is in fact the case.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-4 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding\"  data-t-w-inherits=\"default\" data-border-radius=\"none\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-border-animation=\"\" data-border-animation-delay=\"\" data-border-width=\"none\" data-border-style=\"solid\" data-border-color=\"\" data-bg-cover=\"\" data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-hover-bg=\"\" data-hover-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" ><div class=\"column-bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_6a60c0e62c22d\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" data-bg-mobile-hidden=\"\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row standard_section\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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