VICTORIA COURT OF APPEAL, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA CASE NO [2007] VSCA 255 RENDERED IN NOVEMBER 2007, “The Oil Basins v BHP Billiton case” - Stockholm International Arbitration Review (SIAR) 2007 No. 3

Author(s): 

Doug S. Jones

Page Count: 

42 pages

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Published: 

April, 2008

Jurisdictions: 

Australia

Practice Areas: 

Court Decisions,

Authority of the Arbitral Tribunal,

Arbitrators and Arbitral Tribunals,

Arbitral Awards,

Arbitral Decisions

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VICTORIA COURT OF APPEAL, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA CASE NO [2007] VSCA 255 RENDERED IN NOVEMBER 2007 “The Oil Basins v BHP Billiton case”

 

Subject Matters: Challenge due to:

a) manifest error on the face of the award

b) technical misconduct by members of the arbitral tribunal

 

Findings: Under Victorian law, a domestic arbitral award may be successfully challenged if the arbitrators have not provided adequate reasons for each and every conclusion they reach.

 

Parties:

Claimant: Oil Basins Limited (Australia)

Respondent: BHP Billiton Limited (Australia)

 

Counsel:

For the Claimant: Mr. N J Young QC with Ms M Sloss SC and solicitor Arnold Bloch Leibler

For the Respondent: Mr. B W Walker SC with Mr. D J O’Callaghan SC and solicitor Middletons

 

Place of court proceedings: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

 

Seat of arbitration: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

 

Applicable law: Commercial Arbitration Act 1984 (Vic) – applicable in Victorian domestic arbitration only