Norsemeter Holding AS v Pieter Boele [No.1] [2002] NSWSC 370

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Norsemeter Holding AS v Pieter Boele [No.1] [2002] NSWSC 370 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 50173/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 18/04/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 April 2002

PARTIES : Norsemeter Holdings AS (Plaintiff) Pieter Boele (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J

COUNSEL : Dr AS Bell, Mr JK Kirk (Plaintiff) Mr AW Street SC (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Corrs Chambers Westgarth (Plaintiff) Hogan Geikie Poole (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Summary judgment - Enforcement of foreign judgment - Authority ad litem - Ostensible authority - Defendant initially gave authorisation to legal adviser to represent him in proceedings in a foreign Court - Defendant then purported to withdraw authorisation by communication to legal adviser who never communicated the withdrawal to the Court or other party - Legal adviser proceeded to represent the defendant through a contested appeal - Judgment entered against defendant - Whether the jurisdiction exercised by a foreign Court is of a kind which will be recognised for enforcement purposes under Australian rules of private international law - Whether defendant submitted to the jurisdiction of the foreign Court - Whether defendant denied natural justice - Whether judgment should not be enforced on grounds public policy Foreign Judgments Act 1991 (Cth) LEGISLATION CITED : Norwegian Civil Procedure Act 1915 Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552 Brockley Cabinet Co Ltd v Pears (1972) 20 FLR 333 Commissioner of Police v Tanos (1958) 98 CLR 383 Copin v Adamson (1874) 9 LR Exch. 345 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners (1949) 78 CLR 62 Emanuel v Symon [1908] 1 KB 302 Esso China Inc v Chan Wing Mou [1999] VSC 294 Francis Travel Marketing Pty Ltd v Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd (1996) 39 NSWLR 160 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 CASES CITED : Goddard v Gray (1870) 6 LRQB 139 Jacobson v Frachon (1927) 138 LT 386 Loucks v Standard Oil Co of New York (1918) 224 NY 99 Pemberton v Hughes (1899) CH.D 781 Re Dooney [1993] 2 QdR 362 Stern v National Australia Bank [1999] FCA 1421 Sultan of Jahore v Abubakar [1952] AC 318 The Bank of Australasia v Harding (1850) 19 LJCP 345 Vallee v Dumerge (1849) 154 ER 1221 Victorian Phillip Stephan Photo Litho Co v Davies (1890) 11 LR (NSW) 257 DECISION : Plaintiff entitled to summary judgment.