Sarks v Cassegrain [2015] FCAFC 38

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Sarks v Cassegrain [2015] FCAFC 38 Citation: Sarks v Cassegrain [2015] FCAFC 38

Appeal from: Sarks v Cassegrain [2014] FCA 972

Parties: ANTHONY BLAKE SARKS v DENIS CASSEGRAIN, CATHERINE DUNN, PATRICK CASSEGRAIN and JOHN CASSEGRAIN

File number: NSD 961 of 2014

Parties: CLAUDE CASSEGRAIN v DENIS CASSEGRAIN, CATHERINE DUNN, PATRICK CASSEGRAIN and JOHN CASSEGRAIN

File number: NSD 963 of 2014

Judges: EDMONDS, PAGONE AND GLEESON JJ

Date of judgment: 19 March 2015

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY – Judgments and Orders – whether order final or interlocutory for the purposes of s 40(1)(g) Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) – where orders contain declaration of liability but damages to be assessed by an inquiry – whether declaration of liability final order for the purposes of issuing a bankruptcy notice or merely interlocutory pending final determination of quantum by inquiry PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Judgments and Orders – whether costs order stayed until conclusion of proceedings – where orders contain declaration of liability but damages to be assessed by an inquiry whether proceedings concluded for the purposes of r 42.7(2) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY – whether costs determination "judgment" for the purposes of s 40(1)(g) Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) – whether determination of costs deemed to be a judgment for the purposes of issuing a bankruptcy notice

Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 40, 41 Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) s 368 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) s 101 Federal Court Rules 2011 r 40.13 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 42.7