Edwards, Hugh Andrew John v Australian Securities Commission & Ors [1997] FCA 38

CATCHWORDS

CORPORATIONS LAW - appeal - application for registration of foreign corporation - application by third party to review - refusal of application on ground applicant not a person "whose interests are affected by the decision" - whether Tribunal in error of law in so concluding.

Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth), s33(2A) Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975, s3(3), s27(1), s27A, s29(1); s30, s31 and 33(1)(b) Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act (1977) (Cth), s3, s5 Companies Act 1893 (WA) Companies Act 1943 (WA), s328, 329 Companies Act 1961 (WA), s344, 346 Companies Code 1981, s512 Corporations (Western Australia) Act 1990 (WA), s10(1). Corporations Bill 1988, cl344 Corporations Law, s9, s21, s102, s102A, s109C, 109D(2), s109ZB, s328, s329, s340, s341, s342, s343, s344, s346(1)(g), s349, s350, s360, s362, s512(1), s583, s596A, 596B, s597, s597B, s1317A, s1317B(1), s1317C, s1317D, Corporations Legislation Amendment Bill 1990, Therapeutic Goods Act (1989) (Cth), s23, s60, Adam P Brown Male Fashions v Phillip Morris (1981) 148 CLR 170 Alphapharm Pty Ltd v Smithkline Beacham (Australia) Pty Ltd & Ors (1994) 121 ALR 373 Attorney-General of the Gambia v N'Jie [1961] AC 617 Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond (1990) 170 CLR 321 Australian Conservation Foundation v The Commonwealth (1980) 146 CLR 493 Bilbao v Farquhar [1974] 1 NSWLR 377 Brettingham - Moore v St Leonard's Municipality (1969) 121 CLR 509 Broadbridge v Stammers (1987) 16 FCR 296 Re Control Investments Pty Ltd v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal (1980) 50 FLR 1 Ford v Ford (1947) 73 CLR 524 Re Gasbourne Pty Ltd & Ors [1984] VR 801 Hutchins v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (1996) 136 ALR 153 Lamb v Moss (1983) 76 FLR 296 Maronis Holdings Ltd v Nippon Credit Australia Ltd (1990) 2 ACSR 138 McHattan and Collector of Collector of Customs (1977) 18 ALR 154