Kirk v Ashdown [1999] FCA 1664

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Kirk v Ashdown [1999] FCA 1664

BANKRUPTCY - defect in bankruptcy notice - source of creditor's entitlement to interest not specified in Schedule - whether notice a nullity or defect curable by resort of s 306 of Bankruptcy Act. Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 41(2), 306 Bankruptcy Regulations Regs 4.01, 4.02, Schedule 1 Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) s 25C Kleinwort Benson Australia Ltd v Crowl (1988) 165 CLR 1 applied Bendigo Bank Ltd v Scerri [1999] FCA 1215 (3 September 1999) not followed Distribution Group Ltd v Lyndon (1997) 78 FCR 240 referred to Bank of Melbourne Ltd v Hannan (1997) 78 FCR 249 applied Foote v Mid-West Finance Ltd (1997) 78 FCR 306 referred to. DEBORAH ANN KIRK v RONALD CLIVE ASHDOWN and HELEN IVY ASHDOWN Q231 OF 1999 JUDE CHRISTOPHER KIRK v RONALD CLIVE ASHDOWN and HELEN IVY ASHDOWN Q232 OF 1999 SPENDER, RYAN and WEINBERG JJ BRISBANE 30 NOVEMBER 1999

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY Q231 OF 1999

BETWEEN: DEBORAH ANN KIRK

Appellant

AND: RONALD CLIVE ASHDOWN and HELEN IVY ASHDOWN

Respondents

COURT: SPENDER, RYAN and WEINBERG JJ

DATE OF ORDER: 30 NOVEMBER 1999

WHERE MADE: BRISBANE

THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The appeal be dismissed. 2. The respondents' costs of the appeal be taxed and paid, as part of the petitioning creditors' costs, out of the estate of the bankrupt. Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.

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IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND DISTRICT REGISTRY

Q232 OF 1999 BETWEEN: JUDE CHRISTOPHER KIRK

Appellant

AND: RONALD CLIVE ASHDOWN and HELEN IVY ASHDOWN