NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Sunvara Pty Ltd v John Thomas Williams [2001] NSWSC 433 revised - 8/06/2001 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 55037/00; 55050/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 25/05/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 May 2001
PARTIES : Sunvara Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) John Thomas Williams (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J
COUNSEL : Mr G Mc Vay (Plaintiff) Mr R Beasley (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Paul Hines Solicitor (Plaintiff) Mc Donald Johnson (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Commercial Arbitration Act - Leave to appeal from interim award - discretion - error of law not manifest on the face of the award - contract - measure of damage - principles LEGISLATION CITED : Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 Bellgrove v Eldridge (1954) 90 CLR 613 Coshott v Fewings Joinery Pty Ltd [unreported BC 9602971, 15 July 1996] De Cesare v Deluxe Motors Pty Ltd (1996) 67 SASR 28 CASES CITED : Marshall v Consolidated Jack Mines Mr Courtney 95 SW 972 Parramatta City Council v Lutz (1988) 12 NSWLR 293 Richards and Another v Baker [1943] SASR 245 Ruxley Electronics & Construction Limited v Forsyth [1996] 1 AC 344 DECISION : The application for leave to appeal is dismissed with costs.
INDEX
The Second Interim Award 1 1
The Measure of Damages 1 3
The arbitrator's appreciation of the correct test 4 13
Solatium 7 20
THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION - CONSTRUCTION LIST
EINSTEIN J
Friday 25 May 2001 ex tempore Revised 25 May 2001
55037/00 - SUNVARA PTY LTD V JOHN THOMAS WILLIAMS
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