Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Frost v Sheahan as Trustee of the Bankrupt Estate of Allen Gordon Frost [2012] FCAFC 46 Citation: Frost v Sheahan as Trustee of the Bankrupt Estate of Allen Gordon Frost [2012] FCAFC 46
Appeal from: Sheahan (Trustee) in the matter of Frost (Bankrupt) v Frost (No 2) [2011] FCA 686
Parties: ALLEN GORDON FROST and PAUL ANTHONY RICHARDSON v JOHN SHEAHAN AS TRUSTEE OF THE BANKRUPT ESTATE OF ALLEN GORDON FROST
File number: SAD 165 of 2011
Judges: FINN, COWDROY AND FLICK JJ
Date of judgment: 28 March 2012
Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY – whether property held on trust – findings of fact – impermissible attempt to re-canvass evidence on appeal – no appellable error – a mortgage – whether a transfer of property PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – leave to amend Notice of Appeal – overturning factual conclusions on appeal – denial of procedural fairness
Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 120, 121 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 24 Law of Property Act 1936 (SA) s 29 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 52
Cases cited: A & D Douglas Pty Ltd v Lawyers Private Mortgages Pty Ltd [2006] FCA 690 cited Australian Super Pty Ltd v Woodward (2009) 262 ALR 402 cited Attorney-General (Qld) v Lawrence [2011] QCA 347 cited Coal and Allied Operations Pty Ltd v Australian Industrial Relations Commission (2000) 203 CLR 194 considered Coulton v Holcombe (1986) 162 CLR 1 cited Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union v Alfred [2011] FCAFC 13 cited CPI Group Ltd v Stora Enso Australia Pty Ltd [2007] FCAFC 160 cited Devries v Australian National Railways Commission (1993) 177 CLR 472 considered Dovuro Pty Ltd v Wilkins (2005) 105 FCR 476 cited Eric Preston Pty Ltd v Euroz Securities Ltd (2011) 274 ALR 705 cited Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118 considered Knight v Beyond Properties Pty Ltd [2007] FCAFC 170 cited Neeson v Chief Executive Officer of Centrelink (2006) 154 FCR 489 cited New Tel Ltd, Re (in liq) (No 4) [2008] FCA 1085 cited Official Trustee v Pastro [1999] FCA 1631 considered Pastro v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [2000] FCA 744 considered Peldan v Anderson (2006) 227 CLR 471 considered Pingel v Toowoomba Newspapers Pty Ltd [2010] QCA 175 cited Poulet Frais Pty Ltd v Silver Fox Company Pty Ltd (2005) 220 ALR 211 applied Saints Gallery Pty Ltd v Plummer (1988) 80 ALR 525 considered Sheahan v Frost [2011] FCA 356 cited Sheahan v Frost (No 2) [2011] FCA 686 affirmed Shepherd v R [2011] NSWCCA 245 cited Sobey v Nicol and Davies (2007) 245 ALR 389 cited Sutherland v Brien (1999) 149 FLR 321 cited Walsh v Law Society of New South Wales (1999) 198 CLR 73 cited Yousif v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (2010) 193 IR 212 cited Justice David Ipp, "Problems with Fact-Finding" (2006) 80 Australian Law Journal 667 Peter Gillies and Serge Galitsky, "Is the Judge Sovereign in Fact?" (2006) 28 Australian Bar Review 192
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