RE McKee, James Thomas Colwell & Anor (Debtors) EX PARTE Laroar Holdings Pty Ltd & Ors (Applicants) v Ross, Digby Nicholas Bartholomew (Respondent) [1996] FCA 1170

C A T C H W O R D S BANKRUPTCY - Official Receiver - power to obtain information and evidence - notice to third parties to give evidence and produce books and documents - width of notice - s 77C Bankruptcy Act 1966. PROCEDURE - application by trustee to be made party to application to review decision of Official Receiver - whether trustee is a "person interested in a decision": s 12 Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977. Bankruptcy Act 1966 - ss 19, 19AA, 77C and 81 Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 - s 12 Australian Broadcasting Commission Staff Association v Bonner (1984) 2 FCR 561 at 573 Bond v Tuohy (1995) 56 FCR 92 Smorgon v Australian and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (1976) 134 CLR 475 Adsett v Berlouis (1992) 37 FCR 201 Karounos v Official Trustee (1988) 19 FCR 330 Re: Osenton; Ex parte Osenton v Ivor Worrell (unreported judgment of Cooper J of 3 March 1995) Grosvenor Hill (Qld) Pty Ltd v Barber (1994) 48 FCR 301 Adler v Qintex Group Management Services Pty Ltd (unreported judgment of 22 November 1996) Dunkel v The Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (1990) 27 FCR 524-528 Terry v Prentice (unreported judgment of Lindgren J of 2 December 1994) Re: Muttukumaru; Ex parte Watson-Paul (1995) 57 FCR 384 RE: JAMES THOMAS COLWELL McKEE and DENISE GAIL McKEE (Debtors); EX PARTE: LAROAR HOLDINGS PTY LTD & ORS (Applicants) v DIGBY NICHOLAS BARTHOLOMEW ROSS (Respondent) No QB 74 of 1996 SPENDER J BRISBANE 4 DECEMBER 1996

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA ) GENERAL DIVISION ) No. QB 74 of 1996 BANKRUPTCY DISTRICT OF THE ) STATE OF QUEENSLAND ) RE: JAMES THOMAS COLWELL McKEE and DENISE GAIL McKEE Debtors EX PARTE: LAROAR HOLDINGS PTY LTD First Applicant AND: DENNY REALTY PTY LTD Second Applicant AND: DAVID JOHN DENNY Third Applicant AND: DIGBY NICHOLAS BARTHOLOMEW ROSS Respondent MINUTES OF ORDER JUDGE MAKING ORDER: Spender J DATE OF ORDER: 4 December 1996 WHERE MADE: Brisbane THE COURT ORDERS THAT: (1) each notice, the subject of the order of review, be set aside. (2) the respondents pay the applicant's costs, to be taxed if not agreed. (3) the time for election by Ivor Worrell under s 60(2) of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 in relation to Action No 2465 of 1995 in the Supreme Court of Queensland be extended to 21 March 1997. NOTE: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Rule 124 of the Bankruptcy Rules.