Autron Pty Ltd v Benk [2011] FCAFC 93

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Autron Pty Ltd v Benk [2011] FCAFC 93 Citation: Autron Pty Ltd v Benk [2011] FCAFC 93

Appeal from: Autron Pty Ltd v Benk [2010] FMCA 784

Parties: AUTRON PTY LTD (ACN 007 324 110) v MICHAEL GARY BENK

File number: VID 892 of 2010

Judges: LANDER, TRACEY, YATES JJ

Date of judgment: 28 July 2011

Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY – bankruptcy notice – validity – whether post-judgment interest included in a bankruptcy notice can be a component of the prescribed statutory minimum for which a bankruptcy notice can be issued – consideration of the meaning of "final judgment" and "final order"

Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1924 (Cth) s 52(j) Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 40(1)(g), 40(3), 41(1), 41(2), 41(3), 43(1), 44(1), 52(1) Bankruptcy Regulations 1996 (Cth) reg 4.02(1); Sch 1 Judgment Debt Recovery Act 1984 (Vic) s 3 Magistrates' Court Act 1989 (Vic) s 100(7) Penalty Interest Rates Act 1983 (Vic) s 2

Cases cited: Abigroup Limited v Abignano (1992) 39 FCR 74 Cahill v Howe [1986] VR 630 Clyne v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (NSW) (1983) 48 ALR 545 Emerson v Wreckair Pty Limited (1992) 33 FCR 581 Herbert Berry Associates Ltd v Inland Revenue Commissioners [1977] 1 WLR 1437 In re Chinery; Ex parte Chinery (1884) 12 QBD 342 In re Henry Wilson (1877) 3 VLR 95 Kleinwort Benson Australia Limited v Crowl (1988) 165 CLR 71 Master Education Services Pty Limited v Ketchell (2008) 236 CLR 101 Re A Bankruptcy Notice; Ex parte The Official Receiver [1895] 1 QB 609 Re Black; Ex parte Jeffery (1932) 4 ABC 157 Re Manion; Ex parte Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (1979) 23 ALR 270 Re Merrington; Ex parte Monds & Affleck Limited (1929) 2 ABC 154 Re Munson; Ex parte Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (1977) 29 FLR 479 Re Pannowitz; Ex parte Wilson (1975) 6 ALR 287 Re Smith; Ex parte Chesson (1992) 106 ALR 359 The Great Fingall Consolidated Limited v Sheehan (1905) 3 CLR 176 Webster v McIntosh (1980) 32 ALR 603