Enterra Pty Limited & Ors v ADI Limited [2002] NSWSC 700

Reported Decision : (2002) 55 NSWLR 521

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Enterra Pty Limited & Ors v ADI Limited [2002] NSWSC 700 FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 55032/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 01/08/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 1 August 2002

Enterra Pty Limited (First Plaintiff) PARTIES : Abigroup Limited (Second Plaintiff) IT Environmental (Australia) Pty Limited ADI Limited (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J

COUNSEL : Mr B Hodgkinson SC, Mr Rich (Plaintiffs) Mr C Gee QC, Mr G Seib (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Clayton Utz (Plaintiffs) Allens Arthur Robinson (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Arbitration and awards - Arbitrator - Removal of Arbitrator - Unsuitability - Availability dates - Whether ground for removal as 'unsuitable' - Proper construction of S.44 Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 (NSW) Arbitration Act 1950 (UK) Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 (NSW) Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 (VIC) Commercial Arbitration Act 1986 (SA) LEGISLATION CITED : Commercial Arbitration Act 1985 (WA) Commercial Arbitration Act 1985 (NT) Commercial Arbitration Act 1986 (TAS) Commercial Arbitration Ordinance 1986 (ACT) Commercial Arbitration Act 1990 (QLD) Uniform Act Australian Securities Commission v Marlborough Gold Mines Limited (1993) 112 ALR 627 Balog v Independent Commission Against Corruption (1989) 18 NSWLR 356 Beddow v Beddow (1878) 9 Ch D 89 Commissioner for Main Roads v Leighton Contractors Pty Limited (unreported, NSWSC, 4 July 1986, BC8601264) Commonwealth v Baume (1905) 2 CLR 405 Director-General of Health v Robinson (1984) 1 FCR 179 Gascor v Ellicott, [1997] 1 VR 332 Harry v Mental Health Review Tribunal (1994) 33 NSWLR 315 Jackson v Barry Railway Co. [1893] 1 Ch 238 Kingston v Keprose Pty Ltd (1987) 11 NSWLR 404 CASES CITED : Korin v McInnes, [1990] VR 723 Malmesbury Railway Co.v Budd (1876) 2 Ch D 113 Minister for Industrial Affairs v Civil Tech Pty Limited, [1999] SASC 22 National Australia Bank Limited v Idoport Pty Ltd [2000] NSWCA 8 Pratt v Swanmore Builders Ltd. [1980] 2 Lloyd's Rep 504 Project Blue Sky Inc & Ors v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 Re An Arbitration between Hawke's Bay Electric-Power Board and Napier Borough Council [1930] NZLR 162 Re Tankoos Yarmon Ltd and T. Eaton Co. Ltd (1982) 125 DLR (3d) 233. Re An Arbitration between WE Clouston and Co. (Ltd) and Corry (1904) 23 NZLR 597 Stannard v. Sperway Constructions Pty Ltd [1990] V.R. 673 Veritas Shipping Corporation v Anglo-Canadian Cement Ltd [1966] 1 Lloyd's Rep 76. DECISION : Application dismissed.