Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Sutherland v Vale [2008] FCAFC 148
BANKRUPTCY – bankrupt estate – property transferred by bankrupt prior to bankruptcy – trustee served notice on registered proprietor of property – notice alleging value of bankrupt's interest $270,000, being half of real estate agent's estimate of reasonable asking price – subsequent lower valuation for stamp duty purposes – application to set aside notice – whether notice properly set aside because it contained error – whether necessary to state value of bankrupt's interest – whether trustee failed to prove value of bankrupt's interest – whether value in issue – whether transfer of property more than two years before bankruptcy
Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 5, 30, 40(1)(g), 41, 115, 120, 139K, 139ZQ, 139ZR, 139ZS, 139ZT, 306 Federal Magistrates Act 1999 (Cth) s 43(2)(b) Federal Court Rules O 11 r 13 Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) ss 36(6A), 41 Federal Magistrates Court (Bankruptcy) Rules 2006 (Cth) r 1.02, 1.03 Federal Magistrates Court Rules 2001 (Cth) r 1.05 Halse v Norton (1997)76 FCR 389 cited Electricity Commission of NSW v Arrow (1994) 85 LGERA 418 cited Re Lucera; Ex parte Official Trustee in Bankruptcy v Lucera (1994) 53 FCR 329 cited Re Aley; Ex parte Sweeney v Aley (1996) 63 FCR 294 cited Kleinwort Benson Australia Ltd v Crowl (1988) 165 CLR cited Adams v Lambert (2008) 228 CLR 409 cited Theo v Official Receiver in Bankruptcy (unreported, Cooper J, 24 August 1995) cited Lin v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2001) 187 ALR 220 cited
RODERICK MACKAY SUTHERLAND v MALCOLM GEOFFREY VALE
NSD 2121 of 2007
GRAY, LINDGREN, TRACEY JJ
20 AUGUST 2008
melbourne (heard in sydney)
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY NSD 2121 of 2007
ON APPEAL FROM THE FEDERAL MAGISTRATES COURT OF AUSTRALIA
BETWEEN: RODERICK MACKAY SUTHERLAND
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