Nand v Fuji Xerox Australia Pty Ltd [2015] FCAFC 51

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Nand v Fuji Xerox Australia Pty Ltd [2015] FCAFC 51 Citation: Nand v Fuji Xerox Australia Pty Ltd [2015] FCAFC 51

Appeal from: Fuji Xerox Australia Pty Ltd v Nand [2014] FCCA 2793

Parties: SHARDA NAND v FUJI XEROX AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED

File number: NSD 8 of 2015

Judges: RARES, JAGOT AND GLEESON JJ

Date of judgment: 16 March 2015

Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY – failure to specify or misstatement of statutory provision under which post-judgment interest claimed in bankruptcy notice – whether Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) and prescribed form of bankruptcy notice made essential that there be no misdescription of such provision in bankruptcy notice – whether bankruptcy notice failed to meet essential requirement in Bankruptcy Act – whether misstatement or omission of correct statutory provision under which post-judgment claimed in bankruptcy notice was formal defect or irregularity within s 306(1) of the Bankruptcy Act – whether misstatement or omission capable of misleading debtor – meaning of "formal defect or irregularity" in s 306(1) of the Bankruptcy Act – whether misstatement or omission led to "substantial injustice"

Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) Bankruptcy Regulations 1996 (Cth) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) District Court Act 1973 (NSW) Federal Circuit Court of Australia Act 1999 (Cth) Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW)

Cases cited: Adams v Lambert (2006) 228 CLR 409 Fuji Xerox Australia Pty Limited v Nand [2014] FCCA 2793 Jones v Verity [2007] FMCA 1108 Kleinwort Benson Australia Limited v Crowl (1988) 165 CLR 71 McKean Park (a firm) v Lawrence (2011) 199 FCR 514