Marshall v Fleming [2010] NSWSC 86

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Marshall v Fleming [2010] NSWSC 86

HEARING DATE(S) : 1 September 2009

JUDGMENT DATE : 19 February 2010

JURISDICTION : Common Law

JUDGMENT OF : Rothman J

(i) The defendants' motion be dismissed;

DECISION : (ii) The defendants pay the plaintiffs' costs of the motion, as agreed or assessed;

(iii) The parties be granted liberty to apply for a different or special order for costs within 28 days of the date of this judgment.

CATCHWORDS : PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW – stay of proceedings – dismissal of proceedings – test is whether the Court is a clearly inappropriate forum – factors argued relate to substantive law, residence of defendants, cost of expert evidence, costs of attendance by defendants, availability of insurance cover for foreign judgment and available jurisdiction of the service – Court not clearly inappropriate – motion dismissed

LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Procedure Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

Akai Pty Ltd v People's Insurance Co Ltd [1996] HCA 39; (1996) 188 CLR 418 Amin Rasheed Shipping Corporation v Kuwait Insurance Co [1984] AC 50 Bonython v The Commonwealth [1950] UKPCHCA 3; (1950) 81 CLR 486 Commissioner of Taxation v Sara Lee Household & Body Care (Australia) Pty Ltd [2000] HCA 35; (2000) 201 CLR 520 Distillers Co (Bio-Chemicals) Ltd v Thompson [1971] AC 458 CASES CITED : General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) [1964] HCA 69; (1964) 112 CLR 125 Marshall v Carruthers; Marshall v Marshall [2002] NSWCA 47 Murakami v Wiryadi & Ors [2010] NSWCA 7 Puttick v Tenon Ltd [2008] HCA 54; (2008) 238 CLR 265 Tallerman & Co Pty Ltd v Nathan's Merchandise (Vic) Pty Ltd [1957] HCA 10; (1957) 98 CLR 93 Voth v Manildra Flour Mills Pty Ltd [1990] HCA 55; (1990) 171 CLR 538