NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Sea Containers Ltd v ICT Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 134
HEARING DATE(S) : 23, 24 February, 1 March 2006
JUDGMENT DATE : 14 March 2006
JURISDICTION : Equity Division Commercial List
JUDGMENT OF : Rein AJ
DECISION : Leave to appeal refused and summons dismissed. Plaintiff to pay Defendant's costs.
CATCHWORDS : ARBITRATION - Leave to appeal against award - Whether award contained manifest error of law on its face - Whether strong evidence of error of law and determination of question would substantially add to certainty of commercial law - Whether long delay in handing down award amounted to procedural unfairness and error of law - Whether procedural unfairness in Board's method of dealing with minority view and in allowing defence of equitable set off
LEGISLATION CITED : Commercial Arbitration Act 1984, ss 15(a), 38(2), 38(5), 42, 44
A/B Gotaverken v Westminster Corporation of Monrovia [1971] 2 QB 505; [1971] 2 Lloyd's Rep 505 Abdullah M Fahem & Co v Mareb Yemen Insurance Co & Tomen (UK) Ltd [1997] 2 Lloyd's Rep 738 Australian Mutual Provident Society v Specialist Funding Consultants (1991) 24 NSWLR 326 AWA Ltd v Exicom Australia Pty Ltd (1990) 19 NSWLR 705 Bird Construction v United States Fire Insurance (1986) 24 DLR (4th) 104 Boncorp Pty Ltd v Thames Water Asia/Pacific Pty Ltd (1995) 12 BCL 139 CSR Ltd v Della Maddalena [2006] HCA 1 Cargill International SA Antigua v Sociedad Iberica De Molturacion SA [1998] 1 Lloyd's Rep 489 Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia v Sidney Raper Pty Ltd [1975] 2 NSWLR 227 D Galambos & Son Pty Ltd v McIntyre (1974) 5 ACTR 10 Doran Constructions Pty Ltd v Health Administration Corporation of NSW (1996) 12 BCL 59 Elspan International Ltd v Eurocopter International Pacific Ltd [1999] NSWCA 418 Elspan International Ltd v Eurocopter International Pacific Ltd [1999] NSWSC 555 Escobar v Spindaleri (1986) 7 NSWLR 51 Expectation Pty Ltd v PRD Realty Pty Ltd (2004) 140 FCR 17; 209 ALR 568; [2004] FCAFC 189 CASES CITED : HIH Casualty & General Insurance (NZ) Ltd (in liq) v General Reinsurance Australia Ltd [2004] NSWSC 659 Hadid v Redpath (2001) 35 MVR 152; [2001] NSWCA 416 Henriksens Rederi A/S v T H Z Rolimpex - The Brede [1974] QB 233; [1973] 3 All ER 589 Ipswich Borough Council v Fisons Plc [1990] 1 Ch 709 Krivoshev v Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inc [2005] NSWCA 76 Monie v Commonwealth of Australia [2005] NSWCA 25 Moylan v Nutrasweet Co [2000] NSWCA 337 NAIS v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2005] HCA 77 Natoli v Walker (1994) 217 ALR 201 Pioneer Shipping Ltd v BTP Tioxide Ltd (The Nema) [1982] AC 724 Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth of Australia (2003) 211 CLR 476; 195 ALR 24; [2003] HCA 2 Promenade Investments Pty Ltd v NSW (1992) 26 NSWLR 203 R v Maxwell (1998) 217 ALR 452 Stadium Australia Management Ltd v Sodexho Venues (Australia) Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 437 Stadium Australia Management Ltd v Sodexho Venues (Australia) Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 765 State Construction Pty Ltd v Baulderstone Hornibrook Engineering Pty Ltd (1997) 16 Arbitrator 197 Stinnes Interoil GmbH v A Halcoussis & Co (The Yanxilas) [1982] 2 Lloyd's Rep 445
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