ICT Pty Ltd v Sea Containers Ltd [2002] NSWSC 77

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : ICT Pty Ltd v Sea Containers Ltd [2002] NSWSC 77 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 55007/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 13 February 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 February 2002

PARTIES : ICT Pty Ltd Sea Containers Ltd JUDGMENT OF : Gzell J at 1

COUNSEL : Mr P L G Brereton SC & Mr D R Stack for the Plaintiff Mr A Street SC, Mr G Nell & Mr E Cox for the Defendant SOLICITORS : CATCHWORDS : removal of arbitrators - pressure to agree to cancellation fees - whether arbitrators should be represented - court power over costs of abortive arbitration - power to appoint new arbitrators Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 LEGISLATION CITED : Arbitration Act 1989 Arbitration Act 1950 Arbitration Act 1996 K/S Norjarl A/S v Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd [1992] 1 QB 863 Amec Constructions Pty Ltd v Coal & Allied Operations Pty Ltd (Cole J, 27 April 1993, unreported) Turner v Stevenage Borough Council [1998] Ch 28 Gas & Fuel Corporation of Victoria v Wood Hall Ltd & Leonard Pipeline Contractors Ltd [1978] VR 385 Williams v Wallis and Cox [1914] 2 KB 478 Melbourne Harbour Trust Commissioners v Hancock (1927) 39 CLR 570 CASES CITED : Doran Constructions Pty Ltd v Health Administration Corporation of NSW (1994) 12 BCL 59 Johnson v Johnson (2000) 201 CLR 488 Gascor v Elliot [1997] VR 332 Emanuele v Australia Securities Commission (1996-1997) 188 CLR 114 Oshlack v Richmond Rover Council (1988) 193 CLR 72 In Re Preeble and Robinson [1892] 2 QB 600 Stannard v Spurway Constructions Pty Ltd [1990] VR 673 DECISION : See para 50 and 51