HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd v The Meadows Indemnity Co Ltd [1999] NSWSC 158

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd v The Meadows Indemnity Co Ltd [1999] NSWSC 158 revised - 03/09/99 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Equity Division Commercial List FILE NUMBER(S) : 50062/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 26 February 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 9 March 1999

PARTIES : HIH Casualty and General Insurance Ltd v The Meadows Indemnity Co Ltd JUDGMENT OF : Hunter J

COUNSEL : Plaintiff: Mr R W White SC with Mr T D Castle Defendant: Mr M Walton SC SOLICITORS : Plaintiff: Dan MacCallum Defendant: Dibbs Crowther & Osbourne CATCHWORDS : Stay of proceedings - submission to arbitration not admitted by applicant - readiness of applicant to arbitrate - summary judgment - admission outside of pleadings - Pt 18 r 3 considered - admissions insufficiently clear - no defence to limited portion of claim - Pt 13 r 2 applied. Ellis v Allen [1914] 1 Ch 904 In the Matter of the Trade Marks Act 1955-1958 and in the Matter of Registered Trade Marks "Certina" and "Certina DS" (1970) 44 ALJR 191 Kelly v Mawson [1981] 1 NSWLR 184 CASES CITED : Termijtelen v Van Arkel [1974] 1 NSWLR 525 General Steel Industries Incorporated v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 Webster v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598. DECISION : Application for stay of proceedings refused - motion dismissed - judgment for plaintiff in sum of $438,832 - defendant to pay plaintiff's costs of both motions.

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