Stec v Orfanos [1999] FCA 457

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Stec v Orfanos [1999] FCA 457 BANKRUPTCY – Bankruptcy notice – Whether valid – Order for costs made against appellant – Short form bill delivered – Allocatur issued as no reply to short form bill – Costs order appealed – Order set aside pending determination of issues – Ultimate determination that original order stands – Bankruptcy notice issued – Whether address of "the creditor" given in bankruptcy notice sufficient – Whether order required to be attached to bankruptcy notice is original order or order declaring that original order stands ‑ Whether order forming basis of bankruptcy notice had to be pronounced in public – Whether certificate of taxed costs required to be attached to notice – Whether allocatur final order – Whether order declaring that certain intellectual property was not beneficially owned by appellant amounted to stay of execution as it prevented appellant from paying his debts – Whether valid cross demand. Bankruptcy Act 1966, ss 40(1)(g), 40(3)(b), 41(3)(a) Electro Research International Pty Ltd v Stec (1996) 20 ACSR 320 James v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1995) 93 CLR 631 Wiltshire‑Smith v Mellor Olsson (1995) 57 FCR 572 Re Solomon; Ex parte Reid (1986) 10 FCR 423 Penning v Steel Tube Supplies Pty Ltd (1988) 18 FCR 568 Ling v Enrobook Pty Ltd (1997) 74 FCR 19 Re Brink; Ex parte Commercial Banking Co of Sydney Ltd (1980) 30 ALR 433 Ebert v Union Trustee Co of Australia Ltd (1960) 104 CLR 346 Emanuele v Grey (unreported 17 December 1997) Re Anderson; Ex parte Anderson (1927) 27 SR (NSW) 296 James v Abrahams (1981) 51 FLR 16 Re Wedd; Ex parte Wedd (1961) 19 ABC 36 Re Molesworth (1907) 51 Sol J 653 Vogwell v Vogwell (1939) 11 ABC 83 Middleton v Pollock (1875) LR 20 Eq 515

TADEUSZ STEC v NICHOLAS ORFANOS, ANDREW CONROY, TADEUSZ RYBAK, PETER GEORGOPOLOS and ELECTRO RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD