NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Mody v South Seas Cruises Ltd & Anor [2009] NSWSC 183
HEARING DATE(S) : 19/03/2009
JUDGMENT DATE : 20 March 2009
JUDGMENT OF : Hoeben J
DECISION : The plaintiff's motion is dismissed. The plaintiff is to pay the first defendant's costs of this application.
CATCHWORDS : PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW - anti-suit injunction - plaintiff suffers injury in Fiji - plaintiff brings proceedings in NSW - shipping company seeks declaration in High Court of Fiji - application for injunction to restrain Fiji proceedings - whether foreign proceedings vexatious or oppressive - whether foreign proceedings raise same issues as local proceedings - whether relief sought in foreign proceedings not available in local proceedings.
LEGISLATION CITED : Marine Act (1986) (Fiji)
CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings
Alstergren v Owners of the Ship "Territory Pearl" (1992) 112 ALR 133 CSR Limited v Cigna Insurance Australia Limited & Ors (1996-1997) 189 CLR 345 CASES CITED : Garsec v His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei [2008] NSWCA 211 Peruvian Guano Co v Bockwoldt (1883) 23 Ch D 225 TS Production LLC v Drew Pictures Pty Ltd [2008] FCAFC 194
PARTIES : Samsul Mody - Plaintiff South Sea Cruises Limited - First Defendant
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 20326/2008
COUNSEL : Mr M Thompson - Plaintiff Mr SG Habib - First Defendant
SOLICITORS : Gerard Malouf & Partners - Plaintiff HWL Ebsworth Lawyers - First Defendant
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COMMON LAW DIVISION HOEBEN J
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