Ryde City Council v Transfield Pty Ltd t/as Transfield Tunnelling & Anor [2002] NSWSC 1037

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Ryde City Council v Transfield Pty Ltd t/as Transfield Tunnelling & Anor [2002] NSWSC 1037 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division Commercial List FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 55034/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 23-24 October 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 November 2002

Ryde City Council (Pltf) PARTIES : Transfield Pty Ltd t/as Transfield Tunnelling (1D) T M McDougall (2D) JUDGMENT OF : McClellan J

LOWER COURT Arbitration JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT T M McDougall - Arbitrator JUDICIAL OFFICER :

B W Collins QC/M Dempsey (Pltf) COUNSEL : P R Callaghan SC/D M Loewenstein (1D) T M McDougall (2D submitting appearance) Blake Dawson Waldron (Pltf) SOLICITORS : Mallesons Stephen Jaques (1D) Phillips Fox (2D) CATCHWORDS : COMMERCIAL - arbitration - application for leave to appeal - whether there was an error on the face of the award in relation to latent conditions - whether there was an error in relation to overheads and profit - whether there was an error in relation to excess spoil removal - whether arbitrator had considered the contractual documents when making his decision - leave granted in part LEGISLATION CITED : Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 s 38(4)(5) State of New South Wales v Coya (Constructions) Pty Ltd, unreported, 4 August 1995, Court of Appeal CASES CITED : Natoli v Walker, unreported, 26 May 1994, Court of Appeal Dennis Willcox Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1988) 79 ALR 267 DECISION : Para 66