NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: GORDON & GOTCH AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED v HORWITZ PUBLICATIONS PTY LIMITED [2008] NSWCA 257
HEARING DATE(S): 1 October 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 17 October 2008
JUDGMENT OF: Allsop P at 1; Beazley JA at 50; Sackville AJA at 1
DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS: ARBITRATION – appeal from award – grounds of appeal – manifest error on the face of the award – error of law – certainty of commercial law – Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 (NSW), ss 38(5)(a), 38(5)(b) - CONTRACTS – construction and interpretation of contracts – commercial contracts – implied terms – distinction between interpretation and implication of terms – meaning of "interpretation".
LEGISLATION CITED: Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW)
Antaios Compania Naviera SA v Salen Rederierna AB (The 'Antaios') [1985] AC 191 Bellevarde Constructions Pty Limited v CPC Energy Pty Limited [2008] NSWCA 228 Brambles Holdings Ltd v Bathurst City Council [2001] NSWCA 61; 53 NSWLR 153 Codelfa Construction Pty Limited v State Rail Authority (NSW) (1982) 149 CLR 337 Equitable Life Assurance Society v Hyman [2002] 1 AC 408 Federal Commerce & Navigation Co Limited v Tradax Export SA (The 'Maratha Envoy') [1977] 2 Lloyd's Rep 301; [1978] AC 1 Fitzgerald v Masters (1956) 95 CLR 420 Gordon v Macgregor (1909) 8 CLR 316 Kooee Communications Pty Limited v Primus Telecommunications Pty Limited [2008] NSWCA 5 L G Thorne & Co Pty Limited v Thomas Borthwick & Sons (Australasia) Limited (1956) 56 SR (NSW) 81 CASES CITED: Maggbury Pty Limited v Hafele Australia Pty Limited [2001] HCA 70; 210 CLR 181 Marcus Clark (Victoria) Ltd v Brown (1928) 40 CLR 540 Martin-Baker Aircraft Co Ltd v Canadian Flight Equipment Ltd [1955] 2 QB 556 Miramar Maritime Corporation v Holborn Oil Trading Ltd [1984] AC 676 National Commercial Bank Jamaica Ltd v Guyana Refrigerators Ltd (Jamaica) [1998] UKPC 14 P & O Property Holdings Ltd v Norwich Union Life Assurance Society (unreported, England and Wales Court of Appeal, 1 April 1993) Pacific Carriers Limited v BNP Paribas [2004] HCA 35; 218 CLR 451 South Australian Asset Management Corporation v York Montague Ltd [1997] AC 191 Toll (FGCT) Pty Limited v Alphapharm Pty Limited [2004] HCA 52; 219 CLR 165 United Breweries Ltd v Tooth & Co Ltd (unreported, Supreme Court of NSW, 11 June 1985) Vodaphone Pacific Limited v Mobile Innovations Ltd [2004] NSWCA 15
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