Kenoss Contractors Pty Limitd v Allied Constructions Pty Limited (No 3) [2001] NSWIRComm 225

Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales

CITATION : Kenoss Contractors Pty Limitd v Allied Constructions Pty Limited (No 3) [2001] NSWIRComm 225 APPLICANT Kenoss Contractors Pty Limited PARTIES : RESPONDENT Allied Constructions Pty Limited FILE NUMBER: IRC 509 of 2001 CORAM: Haylen J Unfair contract - Notice of Motion seeking reference and report under IRC R 89(5) and Part 72 SCR - Principles - power of Court to depart from referee's report - circumstances in which reference is suitable - application refused - Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW), s 106 CATCHWORDS : Practice and Procedure - unfair contract - notice of motion seeking reference and report under IRC R 89(5) and Part 72 SCR - Principles - whether there is a relevant practice, procedure or usage - use of expert evidence and expert's reports - whether Pt 72 SCR applicable - circumstances in which a reference is suitable - Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW) s 106, IRCR 89(5) Industrial Relations Act 1996 s 106 Industrial Arbitration Act 1940 s 88F Industrial Relations Commission Rules s 89(5) r 187 & 188 Industrial Arbitration (General) Regulations reg 157 Arbitration Act 1902 s 15 Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 LEGISLATION CITED : Judicature Act 1873 Supreme Court Act 1970 s 124(2) Supreme Court (Commercial Arbitration) Act 1984 Supreme Court Rules (NSW) Pt 72 r 13 r2(1) r 8 r 11 Common Law Procedures Act 1854 (UK) Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 (UK) Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1884 (UK) Arbitration Act 1889 (UK) Astor Properties Pty Ltd v L'union des Assurance De Paris (1989) 17 NSWLR 483 Buckley v Bennell Design and Constructions Pty Ltd [1977 - 1978] 140 CLR 1 Gosper & ors v Sawyer & ors [1984 - 1985] 160 CLR 548 Kenoss Contractors Pty Limited v Allied Constructions Pty Limited (2001) 104 IR 66 Kenoss Contractors Pty Limited v Allied Constructions Pty Limited (No 2) [2001] NSWIRComm 36 Metrocall Inc v Electronic Trackings Systems Pty Ltd [2000] NSWIRComm 136 (31 August 20000 CASES CITED : Najjar v Haines (1991) 25 NSWLR 224 Park Rail Development Pty Ltd v R J Pearce Associates Pty Ltd (1987) 8 NSWLR 123 Qantas Airways Ltd v Dillingham Corporation (125 of 1988 - unreported 25 August 1988) SJP Formwork (Aust) Pty Ltd v LEDA Constructions Pty Ltd ( unreported - 19 May 1992) Super Pty Ltd v SJP Formwork (Aust) Pty Ltd [(1992) 29 NSWLR 549] Sydney and Suburban Hydraulic Power Co v Mercantile Mutual Insurance Co (1896) 70 NSWLR 323 Walter Constructions v Walker Corporation ([2001] NSWSC - 20 April 2001) HEARING DATES: 08/20/2001 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 09/21/2001