Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Dennehy v Reasonable Endeavours Pty Ltd, in the matter of Dennehy (A Bankrupt) [2003] FCAFC 158
BANKRUPTCY – bankruptcy notice – judgment debt – interest – whether barred by ss 5(4) or 5(7) of the Limitations of Actions Act 1958 (Vic) – whether execution of judgment is an "action" for the purposes of ss 5(4) or 5(7)
WORDS AND PHRASES – "action"
Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 40(1)(g), 41(3)(b), 41(5) Common Law Procedure Act 1852 (UK) ss 128, 129, 130, 131 Limitation Act 1939 (UK) ss 2(4), 31 Limitation Act 1980 (UK) s 24 Limitations of Actions Act 1958 (Vic) ss 3, 5(1)(a), 5(4), 5(7) Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 1996 (Vic) Or 68, r2 Black-Clawson International Ltd v Papierwerke Waldhof-Aschaffenburg AG [1975] AC 591 applied Chohan v Times Newspapers Limited [2001] 1 WLR 184 cited Ex parte Blanchett; Re Keeling (1886) 17 QBD 303 cited Grant v Easton (1883) 13 QBD 302 cited In re a Debtor (No 50A/SD1995) [1997] Ch 310 discussed Lowsley v Forbes [1999] 1 AC 329 followed in part, distinguished in part Motor Terms Co Pty Ltd v Liberty Insurance Ltd (in liq) (1967) 116 CLR 177 cited Pyramid Building Society (in liq) v Terry (1997) 189 CLR 176 cited Shaw v Allen (1914) 30 TLR 631 cited Tanning Research Laboratories Inc v O'Brien (1990) 169 CLR 332 cited Tonkin v Johnson [1999] 2 Qd R 318 applied Underhill v Devereux (1669) 2 Saund 71 [85 ER 715] cited W T Lamb & Sons v Rider [1948] 2 KB 331 followed Williams v Jones (1845) 13 M&W 628 [153 ER 262] discussed
Chitty's Archibald's Practice 12th ed, vol 2, 1866, p 1123 E Coke, The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England (A Commentary Upon Littleton) Halsbury's Law of England, 3rd ed, 1958, vol 24, paras 417-419 Preston and Newsom on Limitation of Actions, 3rd ed, 1953, pp 3, 61-62 IN THE MATTER OF GERARD PETER DENNEHY (A BANKRUPT) GERARD PETER DENNEHY (A BANKRUPT) v REASONABLE ENDEAVOURS PTY LTD (FORMERLY ASIACITI (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD) V 884 of 2002 MADGWICK, FINKELSTEIN & DOWSETT JJ 1 AUGUST 2003 MELBOURNE
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