Australian Vintage Limited v Belvino Investments No. 2 Pty Limited (as trustee of the McGuigan Simeon Trust ABN 76965280510) [2015] NSWSC 168

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Australian Vintage Limited v Belvino Investments No. 2 Pty Limited (as trustee of the McGuigan Simeon Trust ABN 76965280510) [2015] NSWSC 168 Hearing dates: 17 February 2015 Date of orders: 05 March 2015 Decision date: 05 March 2015 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Rein J Decision: At [66]-[69] Catchwords: Commercial lease of a vineyard; expert determination clause; whether expert's determination (said to be 'final and binding') open to review by the Court on the basis that the expert had allegedly misconstrued the clause under which he was to make the determination; whether the defendant was estopped from contending that the determination was final and binding; whether the expert had misconstrued the relevant clause. Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: AGL Victoria Pty Ltd v SPI Networks (Gas) Pty Ltd (formerly Txu Networks (Gas) Pty Ltd) [2006] VSCA 173 A Hudson Pty Ltd v Legal & General Life of Australia Ltd (1986) 61 ALJR 280 Baiada Poultry Pty Ltd v The Queen [2011] VSCA 23 Belvino Investments No 2 Pty Ltd v Australian Vintage [2014] NSWSC 978 Candoora No 19 Pty Ltd v Freixenet Australasia Pty Ltd [No 2] [2008] VSC 478 CG Maloney Pty Ltd v Noon[2011] NSWCA 397 Champerslife Pty Ltd v Manojlovski [2010] NSWCA 33 Craig v State of South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163 Downer Engineering Power Pty Ltd v P & H Minepro Australiasia Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 318 Email Ltd v Robert Bray (Langwarrin) Pty Ltd Energy World Corp Pty Ltd v Maurice Hayes & Associates Pty Ltd (2007) 239 ALR 457 Firedam Civil Engineering Pty Ltd v Shoalhaven City Council Holt v Cox Jones v Sherwood Computer Services plc [1992] 1 WLR 277 Kanivah Holdings Pty Ltd v Holdsworth Properties Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 405 Kanivah Holdings Pty Ltd v Holdsworth Properties Pty Ltd [2002] NSWCA 180 Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission (NSW) Legal & General Life of Australia Ltd v A Hudson Pty Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 314 Mercury Communications Ltd v Director General of Telecommunications [1996] 1 WLR 48 Norwich Union Life Insurance Society v P & O Property Holdings Ltd Oswal v Yara Australia Pty Ltd Savcor Pty Ltd v New South Wales Shoalhaven City Council v Firedam Civil Engineering Pty Ltd [2011] HCA 38 Texts Cited: Chitty on Contracts Volume 1 30th edn (Sweet & Maxwell, 2008) Modern Administrative Law in Australia Concepts and Context M.Groves (ed) (Cambridge, 2014) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Australian Vintage Limited (Plaintiff) Belvino Investments No 2 Pty Ltd (as trustee of the McGuigan Simeon Trust ABN 76965280510) (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: N.C Hutley SC and S.A Goodman (Plaintiff) R.A Dick SC and D.J Barnett (Defendant)