17-1-23 / Shane Doyle KC — Arbitration, Building & Construction, Contract
An appeal against the decision in Chevron Australia Pty Ltd v CBI Constructors Pty Ltd. The primary proceedings involved applications by the respondent (Chevron) against the appellants, CKJV, under the Commercial Arbitration Act 2012 (WA) in respect of an arbitral award made in favour of CKJV. Chevron applied to set…
7-12-21 / Michael May, Sean Russell — Arbitration, Land Law & Property
An application to determine whether a dispute, the subject of a proceeding in the Supreme Court, should be allowed to continue and whether directions should be made, or whether the proceedings should be stayed and the dispute determined by an expert pursuant to a contractual provision providing for alternate dispute…
18-11-21 / Shane Monks — Arbitration, International
An application to enforce a foreign arbitral award as a judgement of the Federal Court. The applicant, HongKong Henson Industrial Limited, entered into a contract to purchase mineral sands from the respondent, Victorian Ferries Pty Ltd. The contract provided for disputes concerning the contract to be settled by arbitration subject…
28-9-21 — Arbitration, Building & Construction, Contract
Supreme Court of Western Australia proceedings arising from a contractual dispute between Chevron and joint venturer contractors CBI Constructors Pty Ltd and Kentz Pty Ltd (CKJV). Prior to the proceedings, the parties participated in a bifurcated arbitration concerning a contractor’s entitlement to payment for development of a significant infrastructure project…
26-8-21 / Michael May — Land Law & Property, Arbitration
In this proceeding, the landlord of a Centrelink building in Berserker, Rockhampton sought a declaration that an expert market rent review was invalid because it did not comply with the requirements of the lease. The lease required the valuer to take into account market rents ‘of comparable premises in the…
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