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Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A. v CPB Contractors Pty Limited (Supreme Court of New South Wales [2022] NSWSC 1483)

  1. 23 September 2022Australia

    23 September 2022Australia

    Principal judgment in the case Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles SA v CPB Contractors Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 1264

    Supreme Court of New South Wales

    Citation
    Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles SA v CPB Contractors Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 1264
    Decision summary
    The Court stayed the proceedings pending referral of their subject matter to arbitration under section 7(2) of the International Arbitration Act 1974 (Cth), on the condition that CPB Contractors Pty Limited not challenge the tribunal's jurisdiction on the ground that an expert-determination precondition had not been satisfied.

    Supporting details

    2 participants
    Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles SA
    CPB Contractors Pty Ltd
    Supreme Court of New South Wales

    1 month and 10 days later · 40 days

  2. 2 November 2022Australia

    2 November 2022Australia

    Judgment of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in the case Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A. v CPB Contractors Pty Limited (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 1483 dated 2 November 2022

    Supreme Court of New South Wales

    Case no.
    2022/173145
    Citation
    Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A. v CPB Contractors Pty Limited (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 1483
    Decision summary
    The Court ordered that the costs of CPB Contractors Pty Limited's notice of motion dated 28 July 2022 be costs in the cause of the arbitration. The order departed from the usual costs-follow-the-event approach because the motion resolved an impasse in the parties' contractual dispute-resolution process.

    Supporting details

    5 authorities · 9 participants
    Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A.
    Representative
    JC Giles SC (For: Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A.)
    Representative
    W Marshall (For: Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A.)
    Representative
    Pinsent Masons (For: Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles S.A.)
    CPB Contractors Pty Limited
    Representative
    RA Dick SC (For: CPB Contractors Pty Limited)
    Representative
    B Yin (For: CPB Contractors Pty Limited)
    Representative
    Minter Ellison (For: CPB Contractors Pty Limited)
    Supreme Court of New South Wales
    Judge
    Ball J

    Authorities cited

    5
    • International Arbitration Act 1974 (Cth)
      statute
    • Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW)
      statute
    • Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles SA v CPB Contractors Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 1264
      case law
    • Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd v Rinehart (No 2) [2017] FCAFC 208
      case law
    • Karadag v Samkara Holdings Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 380
      case law

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