Read the full judgment text of HCA 008245/2000 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 29 November 2000.
1. The plaintiff has brought a claim against the defendants as assignee of certain debts owed by the defendants. That is a contract of assignment in which there is no arbitration clause. The parties are also parties to a building contract in which there is an arbitration clause. The building contract has been terminated before its completion. The debts which are the subject of the assignment are debts which have arisen in the course of the defendants carrying out their works in the building cont