SEA CONTAINERS LTD v ICT PTY LTD [2002] NSWCA 84

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : SEA CONTAINERS LTD v ICT PTY LTD [2002] NSWCA 84 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40123/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 12 March 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 April 2002

PARTIES : Sea Containers Ltd - Appellant ICT Pty Ltd - Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Meagher JA at 2; Sheller JA at 11

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Equity Division (Constructions List) LOWER COURT 55007/02 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Gzell J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : A W Street SC/G J Nell - Appellant PLeG Brereton SC/D R Stack - Respondent SOLICITORS : Norton White - Appellant Deacons - Respondent CATCHWORDS : ARBITRATION - misconduct of arbitrators - cancellation/commitment fees - unilateral alteration of arbitration agreement - reasonable apprehension of bias - removal of arbitrators - Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 (NSW), s44 - appeal dismissed LEGISLATION CITED : Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 K/S Norjarl A/S v Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd [1992] QB 863 Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau und Maschinenfabrik v South India Shipping Corporation Limited [1981] AC 909 AMEC Construction Pty Limited v Coal and Allied Operations Pty Limited (Cole J, 29 April 1993, unreported), CASES CITED: Turner v Stevenage Borough Council [1998] Ch 28 Compagnie Europeene de Cereals SA v Tradax Export SA [1986] 2 Lloyd's Rep 301 at 306 Heyman v Darwins Limited [1942] AC 356 Williams v Wallis and Cox [1914] 2 KB 478 Johnson v Johnson (2000) 201 CLR 488 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.