Beijing Be Green Import & Export Co Ltd v Elders International Australia Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 1375

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Beijing Be Green Import & Export Co Ltd v Elders International Australia Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 1375 Citation: Beijing Be Green Import & Export Co Ltd v Elders International Australia Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 1375

Parties: BEIJING BE GREEN IMPORT & EXPORT CO LTD v ELDERS INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD (ACN 007 735 168)

File number: NSD 1088 of 2014

Judge: FOSTER J

Date of Orders: 24 November 2014

Date of Publication of Reasons: 15 December 2014

Catchwords: ARBITRATION – International arbitration – whether the Court should stay a judgment of the Court ordered by way of recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award which was obtained and entered regularly and without any opposition from the judgment debtor until such time as a tribunal constituted by a foreign arbitral body (CIETAC) has determined an unrelated claim between the judgment creditor and the judgment debtor

Legislation: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 459G and s 459H Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 23 International Arbitration Act 1974 (Cth), ss 2D, 3, 8, 9, 10, 10A and 39 Federal Court Rules 2011, r 41.03 and r 41.11

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