Thorpe, Andrew Cecil v Bristile Pty Ltd [1997] FCA 720

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA BANKRUPTCY - Bankruptcy notice - Order for costs to be paid by debtor on refusal of debtor's application for interlocutory injunction - Whether final order - Whether debtor has cross demand. REAL PROPERTY - Caveats - Compensation for loss suffered as result of lodging without reasonable cause - Loss suffered as result of maintenance rather than lodging - Whether compensation available. TRADE PRACTICES - Unconscionable conduct - Prohibition of engaging in conduct that is unconscionable within the meaning of unwritten law - Refusal to withdraw caveat on request - Whether unconscionable conduct. Bankruptcy Act 1966, ss40(1)(g), 40(3)(b), 41(7) Trade Practices Act 1974, s51AA, 51AB(2)(b) Transfer of Land Act 1893, (WA), s140 James v Abrahams (1981) 34 ALR 657 Ebert v Union Trustee Co of Australia Ltd (1960) 104 CLR 346 Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd v Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447 Blomley v Ryan (1956) 99 CLR 362 Nelson v Kimberley Homes Pty Ltd (1989) ANZ Conv Rep 123 Hooke v Holland [1984] WAR 16 Savill v Chase Holdings (Wellington) Ltd [1989] 1 NZLR 257 Kuper v Keywest Constructions Pty Ltd (1990) 3 WAR 419 Re Skinner's and Smith's Application (1982) 45 ALR 553 Re Gould; Ex parte Skinner (1983) 72 FLR 393 Kayo Contractors v Fernandez (1984) 71 FLR 34 Re Smith; Ex parte Chesson (1992) 106 ALR 359 Re Gibbs; Ex parte Triscott (1992) 133 ALR 718 ANDREW CECIL THORPE v BRISTILE PTY LTD WG 7020 of 1997 SUNDBERG J PERTH 1 AUGUST 1997

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA) EXERCISING FEDERAL JURISDICTION) IN BANKRUPTCY )No WG 7020 of 1997 BANKRUPTCY DISTRICT OF THE STATE) OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA) IN THE MATTER OF BANKRUPTCY NOTICE NO B246 OF 1996 AND IN THE MATTER OF:ANDREW CECIL THORPE Applicant AND:BRISTILE PTY LTD Respondent JUDGE:SUNDBERG J PLACE:PERTH DATED:1 AUGUST 1997 MINUTES OF ORDER THE COURT DECLARES THAT it is not satisfied that the applicant has a counter-claim, set-off or cross demand of the type specified in s40(1)(g) of the Bankruptcy Act 1966. THE COURT ORDERS THAT the applicant pay the respondent's taxed costs of the application. Note:Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.