HBSY Pty Ltd v Lewis [2023] FCAFC 109

Federal Court of Australia

HBSY Pty Ltd v Lewis [2023] FCAFC 109 Appeal from: HBSY Pty Ltd v Lewis [2022] NSWSC 841

File number: NSD 726 of 2022

Judgment of: MARKOVIC, DOWNES AND KENNETT JJ

Date of judgment: 14 July 2023

Catchwords: HIGH COURT AND FEDERAL COURT – Jurisdiction – cross-vesting – bankruptcy – where applicant seeks extension of time to appeal from judgment of Supreme Court of New South Wales – where proceeding involves matter arising under Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) and Supreme Court exercising jurisdiction under s 39(2) of Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) – whether s 7(5) of Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-Vesting) Act 1987 (Cth) has the effect that appeal should be instituted in Federal Court APPEALS – Whether Federal Court's appellate jurisdiction invoked by application for extension of time

Legislation: Constitution ss 51(xxxix), 75, 76(ii), 77(iii) Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 5, 27, 31, 35, 35A, 58, 60, 153 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 24, 59 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) ss 39, 39B(1A)(c), 79, 80 Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-Vesting) Act 1987 (Cth) ss 4, 7 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 36.03 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW)

Cases cited: Ah Yick v Lehmert (1905) 2 CLR 593 Australian Securities Commission v Marlborough Gold Mines Ltd (1993) 177 CLR 485 Boensch v Pascoe [2016] NSWCA 191; 311 FLR 101 Bramco Electronics Pty Ltd v ATF Mining Electrics Pty Ltd [2013] NSWCA 392; 86 NSWLR 115 Collins (alias Hass) v The Queen (1975) 133 CLR 120 CSR Ltd v Eddy [2005] HCA 64; 226 CLR 1 Director of Public Prosecutions v Leys [2012] VSCA 304; 44 VR 1 Felton v Mulligan (1971) 124 CLR 367 Fortress Credit Corporation (Australia) II Pty Ltd v Fletcher [2015] HCA 10; 254 CLR 489 Gould v Brown [1998] HCA 6; 193 CLR 346 Guan v Li [2022] NSWCA 173; 371 FLR 531 HBSY Pty Ltd v Lewis [2022] NSWSC 841; 108 NSWLR 558 Meriton Apartments Pty Ltd v Industrial Court of New South Wales [2008] FCAFC 172; 171 FCR 380 Morris Finance Ltd v Brown [2016] NSWCA 343; 93 NSWLR 551 R v Kirby; Ex parte Boilermakers' Society of Australia (1956) 94 CLR 254 R v Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration; Ex parte Barrett (1945) 70 CLR 141 R v Young [1999] NSWCCA 166; 46 NSWLR 681 Re Alcan Australia Limited; Ex parte Federation of Industrial, Manufacturing and Engineering Employees (1994) 181 CLR 96 In re Judiciary and Navigation Acts (1921) 29 CLR 257 Re Wakim; Ex parte McNally [1999] HCA 27; 198 CLR 511 Regional Express Holdings Limited v Australian Federation of Air Pilots [2017] HCA 55; 262 CLR 456 Singh v Khan [2021] NSWCA 281; 363 FLR 88 Stack v Coast Securities (No 9) Pty Ltd (1983) 154 CLR 261 Taylor v Owners – Strata Plan 11564 [2014] HCA 9; 253 CLR 531 Thompson (Pauper) v Goold & Co [1910] AC 409