Horvath v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [1999] FCA 504

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Horvath v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [1999] FCA 504

BANKRUPTCY – application for leave to file defence to enable applicant to go behind judgment debt. PRACTICE & PROCEDURE – Federal Court of Australia – application to have parties declared vexatious litigants – "habitually and persistently" – "without any reasonable ground" – Federal Court Rules O 21 r 2 – abuse of process – Federal Court Rules O 46 r 7A.

Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 52, 99, 178

Ahern v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (Qld) (1987) 76 ALR 137 referred to Commonwealth Trading Bank v Inglis (1974) 131 CLR 311 referred to Ex parte the Attorney-General; Re Alexander Chaffers (1897) 76 LT 351 referred to Attorney-General v Wentworth (1988) 14 NSWLR 481 applied Jones v Skyring (1992) 109 ALR 303, 310 applied Jones v Cusack (1992) 109 ALR 313, 315 applied Attorney-General (NSW) v Solomon (1987) 8 NSWLR 667 at 673 applied Re Langton [1966] 1 WLR 1575 referred to Wentworth v Attorney-General (NSW) (1987) 12 NSWLR 191 at 196 referred to

GABOR HORVATH & AGOTA HORVATH v COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA (ACN 123 123 124)

PAUL A PATTISON (Trustee) & COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA (ACN 123 123 124) v GABOR HORVATH & AGOTA HORVATH VG 649 of 1998 VG 661 of 1998

WEINBERG J

MELBOURNE 27 APRIL 1999

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY VG 649 OF 1998

BETWEEN: GABOR HORVATH

First Applicant

AGOTA HORVATH

Second Applicant

AND: COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA

(ACN 123 123 124)

Respondent

VG 661 OF 1998 BETWEEN: PAUL A PATTISON (Trustee)

First Applicant

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA

(ACN 123 123 124)

Second Applicant