Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Hui v Esposito Holdings Pty Ltd [2017] FCA 648 File numbers: VID 1192 of 2016 VID 1220 of 2016
Judge: BEACH J
Date of judgment: 9 June 2017
Catchwords: ARBITRATION – international commercial arbitration – application to set aside parts of partial arbitral awards – application to remove arbitrator – whether arbitrator exceeded his jurisdiction – whether arbitrator denied parties a reasonable or full opportunity to present their cases – whether applicants have suffered real unfairness and practical injustice – whether prejudgment by the arbitrator – consideration of arts 12, 18, 34(2)(a)(ii) and (iv) and 34(2)(b)(ii) of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration – application granted
Legislation: International Arbitration Act 1974 (Cth) ss 2D, 16, 18A, 18C, 19, 39 UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration arts 5, 12, 13, 18, 19, 34(2)(a)(ii), 34(2)(a)(iv), 34(2)(b)(ii)
Cases cited: AKN v ALC [2015] SGCA 63 Amasya Enterprises Pty Ltd v Asta Developments (Aust) Pty Ltd [2016] VSC 326 Corporacion Transnacional de Inversiones SA de CV v STET International SpA (1999) 45 OR (3d) 183 Dalcon Constructions Pty Ltd v Chu [2002] WASCA 290 Indrisie v General Credits Ltd [1985] VR 251 Interbulk Ltd v Aiden Shipping Co Ltd; The Vimeira [1984] 2 Lloyd's Rep 66 Kempinski Hotels SA v PT Prima International Development [2011] 4 SLR 633; [2011] SGHC 171 Lovell Partnerships (Northern) Ltd v AW Construction plc (1996) 81 BLR 83 Modern Engineering (Bristol) Ltd v C Miskin & Son Ltd [1981] 1 Lloyd's Rep 135 R v Gough [1993] AC 646 Secretary of State for the Home Department v Raytheon Systems Ltd [2015] EWHC 311 (TCC); [2015] 1 CLC 466 Sino Dragon Trading Ltd v Noble Resources International Pte Ltd [2016] FCA 1131 SL Sethia Liners Ltd v Naviagro Maritime Corporation (The Kostas Melas) [1981] 1 Lloyd's Rep 18 TCL Air Conditioner (Zhongshan) Company Ltd v Castel Electronics Pty Ltd (2014) 232 FCR 361 Terna Bahrain Holding Company WLL v Bin Kamil Al Shamsi [2013] 2 CLC 1 Trustees of Rotoaira Forest Trust v Attorney General [1999] 2 NZLR 452 Tuta Products Pty Ltd v Hutcherson Bros Pty Ltd (1972) 127 CLR 253
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate