Resort Living Group Pty Limited v Strategic Advisers Group LLC [2021] NSWSC 1418

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Resort Living Group Pty Limited v Strategic Advisers Group LLC [2021] NSWSC 1418 Hearing dates: 6, 24 September 2021 Date of orders: 3 November 2021 Decision date: 03 November 2021 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: (1) The proceedings are adjourned to 16 November 2021 at 10:00am before me. (2) The plaintiff is to send by email a copy of this judgment to the first, second and third defendants and direct their attention to my orders. (3) The plaintiff is to provide an up to date affidavit setting out its claim for damages on the next hearing date. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Strike out defence – Want of due despatch – Discloses no defence – Strike out pleadings – No reasonable cause of action – Summary judgment CIVIL PROCEDURE – Jurisdiction – Dismissal of claim due to lack of jurisdiction – Arbitration clause – Optional arbitration Legislation Cited: Commercial Arbitration Act 2010 (Cth), ss 7, 8 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 10.3, 12.7, 13.4, and 14.28, Parts 11 and 11A, and Schedule 6 Cases Cited: Brimson v Rocla Concrete Pipes Ltd [1982] 2 NSWLR 937 Colombini v De Berigny [2021] NSWSC 374 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd v Rinehart (2017) 257 FCR 442 HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd (in liq) v RF Wallace (2006) 68 NSWLR 603 Inghams Enterprises Pty Ltd v Hannigan [2020] NSWCA 82 Micallef v ICI Australia Operations Pty Ltd & nor (2001) NSWCA 374 Paharpur Cooling Towers Ltd v Paramount (WA) Ltd [2008] WASCA 110 Reimers v Health Care Complaints Commission (2012) NSWCA 317 Stollznow v Calvert (1980) 2 NSWLR 749 Witten v Lombard Australia Ltd (1968) 88WN (pt 1) (NSW) 405 Texts Cited: Michael Douglas and Mhairi Stewart, "Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution", 15 June 2020 https://bennettandco.com.au/areas/comm-litigation/the-new-leading-case-on-why-details-matter-when-drafting-arbitration-agreements-and-other-dispute-resolution-clauses/ Accessed 1 September 2021 M Davies, AS Bell, PLG Brereton and M Douglas, Nygh Conflict of Laws In Australia (10th Edition, 2020), ch 7 at 180 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Resort Living Group Pty (Plaintiff) Strategic Advisers Group LLC (First Defendant) Saviano Sebastian (Second Defendant) Kumar Solutions Management (Third Defendant) Representation: Plaintiff (Self Represented) First Defendant (No appearance) Second Defendant (No appearance) Third Defendant (No appearance) File Number(s): 2021/155345 Publication restriction: Nil