Official Trustee in Bankruptcy v Alvaro, Giuseppe & Ors Official Trustee in Bankruptcy v Alvaro, Paul & Ors [1996] FCA 483

CATCHWORDS BANKRUPTCY - Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) s 121 - disposition of property - money sums and interests in property - intention to defraud creditors - admissions made in criminal proceedings - whether admissible and if so against which respondents - assets placed into family trust structures to shield against failure of hazardous venture or undertaking - valuable consideration and good faith - state of mind of company - form of relief - whether dispositions of money to trustee companies "traceable" into assets acquired by the companies - disponee under a void disposition acquires defeasible title - title defeased by institution of proceedings to avoid disposition - costs - partial success.

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