Supercall Pty Limited & Anor v Vodafone Pty Limited [2005] NSWSC 541

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Supercall Pty Limited & Anor v Vodafone Pty Limited [2005] NSWSC 541

HEARING DATE(S) : 3/06/05

JUDGMENT DATE : 8 June 2005

Equity Division JURISDICTION : Commercial List

JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J

DECISION : No estoppel made out.

CATCHWORDS : Estoppel - Arbitral awards - Proper construction of ambit of arbitral provision - Issue estoppel - Anshun estoppel - Seeking to litigate anew a case already disposed of in an arbitration may amount to abuse of process if approach taken would be unjustifiably vexatious and oppressive - Practice and procedure - Application to strike out sections of defence

Ashville Investments Ltd v Elmer Contractors Ltd [1989] QB 488 Blair & Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd v Curran (Adam's Will) (1939) 62 CLR 464 Cockatoo Dockyard Pty Ltd v Commonwealth of Australia [2004] NSWSC 841 Dowell Australia Ltd v Triden Contractors Pty Ltd [1982] 1 NSWLR 508 Fidelitas Shipping Company Ltd v V/O Exportchleb [1966] 1 QB 630 Fountain v Alexander (1982) 150 CLR 615 Hunter v Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police [1982] AC 529 CASES CITED : IBM Australia Ltd v National Distribution Services Ltd (1991) 22 NSWLR 466 Mackay v Dick (1881) 6 App Cas 251 McNair v Press Offshore Ltd (1997) 17 WAR 191 Papua New Guinea, Administration of the Territory of v Daera Guba (1973) 130 CLR 353 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Limited (1981) 147 CLR 589 R v Inhabitants of the Township of Hartington Middle Quarter (1855) 119 ER 288 Thoday v Thoday [1964] P 181 Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378