Bagsfirst Global v Global Brands (Football) [2010] NSWSC 988

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Bagsfirst Global v Global Brands (Football) [2010] NSWSC 988

HEARING DATE(S) : 27 August 2010 JURISDICTION : Equity Division Commercial List

JUDGMENT OF : McDougall J at 1

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 27 August 2010

I order that the defendant's notice of motion filed on 9 July 2010 be dismissed. DECISION : I order the defendant to pay the plaintiff's costs of the notice of motion. I stand the proceedings over to the directions list on 10 September 2010.

CATCHWORDS : PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – jurisdiction – defendant's notice of motion seeking orders to set aside service of originating process or to stay proceedings – whether Supreme Court of NSW clearly inappropriate forum – where plaintiff has origin and place of business in NSW and defendant in Singapore – where both parties carry on operations internationally – where no special juridical advantage would accrue from having proceedings heard in either NSW or Singapore – where contract concluded in Singapore – where Singaporean law is governing law – non-exclusive jurisdiction clause – where witnesses situated across the world – where electronic discovery of documents kept in Singapore would not be burdensome – NSW not clearly inappropriate forum – application dismissed – UCPR rr 12.11, 11.7, Sch 6.

LEGISLATION CITED : Uniform Civil Procedure Rules

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

Agar v Hyde (2000) 201 CLR 552 Garsec v His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei [2007] NSWSC 882 Garsec v His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei [2008] NSWCA 211 General Steel Industries Inc v Commission for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 CASES CITED : Oceanic Sun Line Special Shipping Company Inc v Fay (1988) 165 CLR 197 Puttick v Tenon Limited (2008) 238 CLR 265 Regie Nationale Des Usines Renault SA v Zhang (2002) 210 CLR 491 Spiliada Maritime Corporation v Cansulex Ltd [1987] AC 460 Voth v Manildra Flour Mills Pty Ltd (1990) 171 CLR 538