McKensey v Hewitt [2004] NSWSC 636

Reported Decision : 61 NSWLR 54

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : McKensey v Hewitt [2004] NSWSC 636 HEARING DATE(S) : 23/06/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 July 2004 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq DECISION : Award to be enforced. Decline application to antedate judgment.

CATCHWORDS : ARBITRATION [89]- Agreement between parties for arbitration not stamped- Arbitration conducted without stamping point being taken- Whether award enforceable. PROCEDURE [113]- Judgments and orders- Ante dating order- When to be contemplated. PROCEDURE [616]- Costs- Premature appointment of cost assessor- Consequences. TAXES & DUTIES [418]- Unstamped agreement providing inter alia for arbitration of disputes- Arbitration agreement produced in accordance with its terms- Arbitrator appointed and made award- Stamping point not taken before arbitrator- Whether award void. LEGISLATION CITED : Legal Profession Act 1987, s 202 Stamp Duties Act 1920, ss 29, 41 Acclaim Holdings Pty Ltd v Vlado Pty Ltd (1989) 1 WAR 128 Ash Street Properties Pty Ltd v Pollnow (1987) 9 NSWLR 80 Baker v Nixon (1867) 7 SCR (NSW) 15 Barilla v James (1964) 81 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 457 Belgian Grain & Produce Co Ltd v Cox & Co (France) Ltd [1919] WN (Eng) 317 Clyne v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (1984) 154 CLR 589 Dent v Moore (1919) 26 CLR 316 Dimmock v Whymark (1964) 65 SR (NSW) 194 Ecroyd v Coulthard [1897] 2 Ch 554 Foppoli v Public Trustee [1970] WAR 73 GIO v Healey (No 2) (1991) 22 NSWLR 380 Hoggett v O'Rourke [2002] 1 Qd R 490 CASES CITED : Loveridge v Healey [2004] EWCA Civ 173 Marx v Estates & General Investments Ltd [1976] 1 WLR 380; [1975] 3 All ER 1064 Mornan Nominees Pty Ltd v Comptroller of Stamps Vic (1982) 13 ATR 947 Owen v Thomas (1834) 3 My & K 353; 40 ER 134 R v Fulham, Hammersmith & Kensington Rent Tribunal [1951] 2 KB 1 Re Keystone Knitting Mills' Trademark [1929] 1 Ch 92 Re Sims (1980) 50 FLR 286 Rothwells Ltd v Connell (1993) 119 ALR 538 Rothwells Ltd v Connell (No 2) [1993] ATC 4593 Routledge v McKay [1954] 1 WLR 615; [1954] 1 All ER 855 Shepherd v Felt & Textiles of Australia Ltd (1931) 45 CLR 359 Silovi Pty Ltd v Barbaro (1988) 13 NSWLR 466 Turner v London & Southwestern Railway Co (1874) LR 17 Eq 561 PARTIES : Hugh Stanley McKensey, Victor John Lewis and Peter Charles Hicks (P) Christopher Michael Hewitt (D) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1585/95 COUNSEL : T Alexis SC (P) M Ashhurst (D) SOLICITORS : Harris Wheeler (P) Hewitts (D)