Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Doggett v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2019] FCAFC 19 Appeal from: Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Doggett [2017] FCA 1176
File number: VID 1150 of 2017
Judges: KERR, DAVIES AND THAWLEY JJ
Date of judgment: 6 February 2019
Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY – appeal from a decision of a single judge – whether primary judge erred in refusing to go behind the judgment debt upon which a bankruptcy notice was based – whether primary judge showed actual or apprehended bias in dealing with the appellants – appeal dismissed
Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) s 52 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 912A(1)(a)
Cases cited: Ankar Pty Ltd v National Westminster Finance (Australia) Ltd [1987] HCA 15; 162 CLR 549 Asden Developments Pty Ltd (in liq) v Dinoris [2017] FCAFC 117 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Doggett and Anor [2014] VSC 423 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Doggett [2017] FCA 1176 Doggett v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2015] VSCA 351; 47 VR 302 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [2000] HCA 63; 205 CLR 337 Fingleton v The Queen [2005] HCA 34; 227 CLR 166 In the Marriage of Stiffle (1988) 93 FLR 206 Lazarus Estates v Beasley [1956] 1 QB 702 Ling v Enrobook [1997] FCA 226; 74 FCR 19 Ramsay Health Care Australia Pty Ltd v Compton [2017] HCA 28; 261 CLR 132 R v Watson; Ex parte Armstrong [1976] HCA 39; 136 CLR 248 Wren v Mahony [1972] HCA 5; 126 CLR 212
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