El-Kharouf v El-Kharouf [2004] NSWSC 187

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : El-Kharouf v El-Kharouf [2004] NSWSC 187 HEARING DATE(S) : 16/10/03, 19/3/04, 15/4/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 June 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Burchett AJ at 1 DECISION : Permanent stay of proceedings in relation to claims in question granted with costs.

CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE - stay on forum non conveniens grounds - principles - a claim in NSW proceeding duplicates claim in an existing proceeding actively pursued in Jordan - Jordanian law the lex causae - proceeding relates to Jordanian joint venture involving Jordanian citizens and corporation and operations in Jordan and Iraq - Supreme Court of NSW a clearly inappropriate forum - reference to the manner in which such an application should proceed. LEGISLATION CITED : Cheques Act 1986 (Cwlth) Australian Commercial Research and Development Ltd v ANZ McCaughan Merchant Bank Ltd [1989] 3 All ER 65 CSR Limited v Cigna Insurance Australia Limited (1997) 189 CLR 345 Henry v Henry (1996) 185 CLR 571 CASES CITED : John Pfeiffer Pty Ltd v Rogerson (2000) 203 CLR 503 Oceanic Sun Line Special Shipping Co Inc v Fay (1988) 165 CLR 197 Regie Nationale des Usines Renault SA v Zhang (2002) 210 CLR Voth v Manildra Flour Mills Proprietary Limited (1990) 171 CLR 538 Farouk El-Kharouf (Plaintiff) Bassam Mohammad Ali El-Kharouf (First Defendant) PARTIES : Hala Abdel Wahab Said Khair (Second Defendant) Baz Company for Industry & Commerce (Third Defendant) March Enterprises Australia Pty Limited (Fourth Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20738/01 COUNSEL : P.R Graham QC (Plaintiff) M.V Sahade (Defendants) SOLICITORS : Dibbs Barker Gosling (Plaintiff) Comino Prassas (Defendants)