NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Kirby v ICC ICC v Hamburg Sud [2000] NSWSC 289 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division Admiralty List FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 015/98; 017/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 17.3.00 JUDGMENT DATE : 10 April 2000
PARTIES : James N Kirby Pty Ltd v International Cargo Control Pty Limited International Cargo Control Pty Limited v Hamburg Sudamerkianische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft Eggert & Amsinck & Norfolk Southern Railway Company JUDGMENT OF : Hunter J
International Cargo Control Pty Ltd - Mr S R Horgan COUNSEL : Hamburg Sudamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft Eggert & Amsinck- Mr B W Larkin Norfolk Southern Railway Company - Ms L A Muston James N Kirby Pty Ltd - Withnell Hetherington SOLICITORS : International Cargo Control Pty Ltd - Middletons Moore & Bevins Hamburg Sudamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft Eggert & Amsinck- James Neill Solicitor Norfolk Southern Railway Company - Conway Leather Shaw CATCHWORDS : Practice and Procedure - Forum non conveniens - submission to jurisdiction - delay in application - risk of inconsistent findings in local and foreign courts - potential for abuse of process. DECISION : Application for stay dismissed.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION
ADMIRALTY LIST
HUNTER J
MONDAY 10 APRIL 2000
015/98 JAMES N. KIRBY PTY LTD -V- INTERNATIONAL CARGO CONTROL PTY LTD & HAMBURG Sudamerikanische DAMPFSCHIFFFAHRTS GESELLSCHAFT-EGGERT & AMSINCK 017/98 INTERNATIONAL CARGO CONTROL PTY LTD -V- HAMBURG Sudamerikanische DAMPFSCHIFFFAHRTS-GESELLSCHAFT EGGERT & AMSINCK & NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
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