Yeshiva Properties No 1 Pty Ltd v Lubavitch Mazal Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 615

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Yeshiva Properties No 1 Pty Ltd v Lubavitch Mazal Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 615 HEARING DATE(S) : 05/05/03; 06/05/03; 07/05/03; 10/06/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 8 July 2003 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq DECISION : Plaintiffs' case dismissed with costs. Orders sought in the cross claim should be made.

CATCHWORDS : ARBITRATION [29]- Application for stay- Alleged agreement for rabbinic arbitration- Whether "arbitration" within Commercial Arbitration Act 1984- Held agreement subject to non-fulfilled condition. CONTRACT [109]- Abandonment- Whether an agreement for arbitration was abandoned by inactivity. ESTOPPEL [33]- Promissory estoppel- Alleged promise that liability under deeds would not be enforced. LEGISLATION CITED : Commercial Arbitration Act 1984, ss 4(1), 47, 53(1)(2) ABB Power Plants Ltd v Electricity Commission of New South Wales (1995) 35 NSWLR 596 Abernethy v Deitz (1996) 39 NSWLR 701 Abner Soleimany v Sion Soleimany [1999] QB 785 Anderson v GH Michell & Sons Ltd (1941) 65 CLR 543 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v XIVth Commonwealth Games Ltd (1988) 18 NSWLR 540 Australian Granites Ltd v Eisenwerk Hensel Bayreuth Dipl-Ing Burkhardt GmbH [2001] 1 Qd R 461 Bulk Chartering & Consultants Australia Pty Ltd v T & T Metal Trading Pty Ltd (The Krasnogrosk) (1993) 31 NSWLR 18 Cohen v Baram [1994] 2 Lloyd's Rep 138 Cole v Cottingham (1837) 8 Car & P 75; 173 ER 406 Compagnie des Messageries Maritime v Wilson (1954) 94 CLR 577 Construction Engineering (Aust) Pty Ltd v Tambel (Australasia) Pty Ltd [1984] 1 NSWLR 274 Dewhurst v Edwards [1983] 1 NSWLR 34 Doleman & Sons v Ossett Corp [1912] 3 KB 257 DTR Nominees Pty Ltd v Mona Homes Pty Ltd (1978) 138 CLR 423 Empirnall Holdings Pty Ltd v Machon Paull Partners Pty Ltd (1988) 14 NSWLR 523 Fletcher Construction Australia Ltd v MPN Group Pty Ltd (NSWSC, Rolfe J, 14.7.1997) Giumelli v Giumelli (1999) 196 CLR 101 Green v Johnstone [1995] 2 VLR 176 Hooper Bailie Associated v Natcon Group Pty Ltd (1992) 28 NSWLR 194 CASES CITED : Huddart Parker Ltd v The Ship "Mill Hill" (1950) 81 CLR 502 Imperial Leatherware Co Pty Ltd v Macri & Marcellino Pty Ltd (1991) 22 NSWLR 653 Jenkins v Wynen [1992] 1 Qd R 40 Krantz v Hand [1999] NSWSC 432 Kurt Keller Pty Ltd v BMW Australia Ltd [1984] 1 NSWLR 353 Masters v Cameron (1954) 91 CLR 353 Naumann v Edward Nathan & Co (1930) 37 Ll L Rep 249 New South Wales v Banabelle Electrical Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 178 Petredec Pty Ltd v Tokumaru Kaiun Co Ltd (The "Sargasso") [1994] 1 Ll Rep 162 PMT Partners Pty Ltd (In liq) v Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service (1995) 184 CLR 301 Qantas Airways Ltd v Dillingham Corporation (1985) 4 NSWLR 113 Racecourse Betting Control Board v Secretary for Air [1944] Ch 114 Riesenberg v Weinberg [1959] SR (NSW) 106 Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Victoria) Inc v Marson Constructions Pty Ltd (2000) 1 VR 274 Scrimaglio v Thornett & Fehr (1924) 17 Ll L Rep 148 The Hannah Blumenthal [1983] 1 AC 854 The King v Poole; Ex parte Henry (1938) 61 CLR 1 The Leonidas D [1985] 1 WLR 925 The Scaptrade [1983] QB 529 Triarno Pty Ltd v Triden Contractors Ltd (1992) 10 BCL 305 Yeshiva Properties No 1 Pty Limited Yeshiva Properties No 2 Pty Limited Yeshiva Properties No 3 Pty Limited PARTIES : Yeshiva Properties No 4 Pty Limited Yeshiva Properties No 5 Pty Limited Yeshiva Properties No 6 Pty Limited (P) Lubavitch Mazal Pty Limited (D) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5361/02 COUNSEL : M Pembroke SC, J Stevenson and L Menzies (P) B W Walker SC, CRC Newlinds and I D Martindale (D) SOLICITORS : McCabe Terrill (P) Schetzer Brott & Appel (Melbourne) (D)