Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Horvath (junior) [1999] FCA 143

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Horvath (Junior) [1999] FCA 143

BANKRUPTCY – bankruptcy notice – whether notice defective – notice based on costs orders – taxing master's order attached to notice – failure to attach costs orders – whether a defect or irregularity – whether notice relies on more than one order - validity

Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) s 306(1)

A Bankruptcy Notice, In re (1906) 96 LT 133, cited A Debtor, In re [1951] 1 Ch 313, cited Bassett, In re (1895) 2 Mans 177, cited Cartwright, In re; Ex parte Cartwright v Barker [1975] 1 WLR 573, applied Catalano v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Sundberg J, unreported, 3 July 1997), followed Crump, In re; Ex parte Crump (1891) 64 LT 799, cited G P W Aussie Exports v Latin (Goldberg J, unreported, 7 July 1998), followed James v Commissioner of Taxation (1955) 93 CLR 631, applied Kleinwort Benson Australia Ltd v Crowl (1988) 165 CLR 71, cited Low, In re; Ex parte Argentine Gold Fields Ltd [1891] 1 QB 147, cited Pepper v McNiece (1941) 64 CLR 642, cited Pillai v Comptroller of Income Tax [1970] AC 1124, applied Re Haros v National Australia Bank Ltd (Ryan J, unreported, 24 November 1997), cited Wheeler, In re [1982] 1 WLR 175, doubted but applied Wilmot v Buckley (1984) 2 FCR 540, cited

Wimborne, Re; Ex parte The Debtor (1979) 24 ALR 494, cited

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA V GABOR HORVATH (JUNIOR)

NO VG 7129 OF 1998

JUDGE: FINKELSTEIN J

PLACE: MELBOURNE

DATE: 24 FEBRUARY 1999

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY VG 7129 of 1998

BETWEEN: COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA

Applicant

AND: GABOR HORVATH (JUNIOR)

Respondent

JUDGE: FINKELSTEIN J

DATE OF ORDER: 24 FEBRUARY 1999

WHERE MADE: MELBOURNE

THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The petition be dismissed. 2. The applicant pay the respondent's costs of and incidental to the petition. Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.