Sunnybrand Chickens Pty Ltd (ABN 41 001 334 354) v Brett Weller Virtue and Myra Carola Virtue & Ors [2009] NSWSC 351

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Sunnybrand Chickens Pty Ltd (ABN 41 001 334 354) v Brett Weller Virtue and Myra Carola Virtue & Ors [2009] NSWSC 351

HEARING DATE(S) : 29/4/09 JURISDICTION : Equity Division Commercial List

JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 29 April 2009

DECISION : Candidate with accounting qualifications to be appointed.

CATCHWORDS : Arbitration - Contest as to appropriate Arbitrator

LEGISLATION CITED : Commercial Arbitration Act 1994

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 180 CLR 266 Commonwealth of Australia and Citra Constructions Ltd, Re (Supreme Court of Queensland, McPherson J, 2 August 1992, unreported) CASES CITED : National Distribution Services Ltd v IBM Australia Ltd (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Rogers J, 5 October 1990, unreported) Taylor Woodrow International Ltd v Commonwealth of Australia (Supreme Court of Western Australia, Seaman J, 7 August 1995, unreported), Thiess Contractors Pty Ltd v Holiday Villages (Australia) Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of New South Wales, 31 March 1995, unreported)

Sunnybrand Chickens Pty Ltd (ABN 41 001 334 354) (Plaintiff) Brett Weller Virtue and Myra Carola Virtue (First Defendant) Greg Galea (Second Defendant) John Allen Courtney and Jennifer Anne Courtney (Third Defendant) Tatham Poultry Pty Limited as Trustee for the Partridge Family Trust (Fourth Defendant) PARTIES : Stratheden Glen Pty Limited (Fifth Defendant) Berong Poultry Farms Pty Limited (Sixth Defendant) Lukanda Park Poultry Pty Limited (Seventh Defendant) Ian McKinnon and Julie McKinnon (Eighth Defendant) Edward Percival Ziegenfusz and Wendy Mae Ziegenfusz trading as EP & WM Ziegenfusz (Ninth Defendant) Jason Gilmore and Julie Gilmore trading as J & J Gilmore (Tenth Defendant) Michael and Angela Ditrich in their capacity as assignee of the Contract between the Plaintiffs and Kenneth Alan Wake and Leslie Margaret Wake (Eleventh Defendant)