Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Coshott v Barry [2016] FCAFC 173 Appeal from: Coshott v Coshott [2015] FCA 1284
File number(s): NSD 1502 of 2015
Judge(s): LOGAN, JAGOT AND DAVIES JJ
Date of judgment: 12 December 2016
Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY – solicitor's lien exercised by possession of certificate of title – client declared bankrupt – Court ordered sale of property – whether lien extinguished by delivery up of certificate of title – whether lien defeated by claim for wrong amount – whether lien barred by Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) – whether certificate of title obtained pursuant to solicitor-client relationship – whether lien general or specific – whether lien otherwise extinguished
Legislation: Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) s 34 Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) ss 63 – 65, 68
Cases cited: Bunnings Group Ltd v CHEP Australia Ltd [2011] NSWCA 342; (2011) 82 NSWLR 420 Coshott v Barry [2012] NSWSC 850 Coshott v Coshott [2015] FCA 1284 Coulton v Holcombe (1986) 162 CLR 1 Duke Finance Ltd (in liq) v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1990) 22 NSWLR 236 Leeper v Primary Producers Bank of Australia Ltd (In Vol Liq) (1935) 53 CLR 250 Moloney v Marler & Darvall (a firm) [2004] QCA 310 Official Trustee in Bankruptcy v Kioussis [2000] NSWSC 248; (2000) 10 BPR 18,021 Re Cao; Ex parte Dixon [1996] ANZ ConvR 321 Roam Australia Pty Ltd v Telstra Corp Ltd t/as Telecom Australia [1997] FCA 980 Tappenden v Artus [1964] 2 QB 185 White v Bini [2003] FCA 669 New South Wales Law Reform Commission, First Report on the Limitation of Actions, Report Number 3 (1967); [1967] NSWLRC 3
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