Continental Conveyor & Equipment Pty Ltd v Rossi Gearmotors Australia Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 206

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Continental Conveyor & Equipment Pty Ltd v Rossi Gearmotors Australia Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 206 HEARING DATE(S) : 24 March 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 27 March 2003 JURISDICTION: Common Law JUDGMENT OF : Sperling J at 1 DECISION : Order pursuant to paragraph 1 of the notice of motion filed on 13 January 2003, with costs.

CATCHWORDS : Practice & Procedure - application for transfer order under cross-vesting legislation - relevant considerations - pre-existing determination refusing a transfer order in relation to proceedings in the other state, where the other proceedings would eventually include the same issues LEGISLATION CITED : Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987 (NSW), s5, s13 Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987 (WA) Bankinvest AG v Seabrook (1988) 14 NSWLR 711 Bienvenu v Royal Society for the Protection of Animals [1967] VR 656 Bond v Larobi Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of Western Australia, 31 December 1991, unreported) James Hardie & Coy Pty Ltd v Barry (2000) 50 NSWLR 357 CASES CITED : Mullins Investments Pty Ltd v Elliott Exploration Co Pty Ltd (1990) 1 WAR 531 Oceanic Sun Line Special Shipping Company Inc v Fay (1988) 165 CLR 197 Rosenboom & Ors v Qantas Ltd & Ors [2002] NSWSC 792 Rossi Gearmotors Australia Pty Ltd v Continental Conveyor & Equipment Pty Ltd [2003] WASC 42 Spiliada Maritime Corporation v Cansulex Ltd [1987] AC 460 PARTIES : Continental Conveyor & Equipment Pty Ltd Rossi Gearmotors Australia Pty Ltd FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20555/02 COUNSEL : Mr GK Burton for the Plaintiff Mr TM Thawley for the Defendant SOLICITORS : Thompson Norrie Solicitors for the Plaintiff Shaw McDonald Pty Ltd for the Defendant