Macchia v Nilant [2000] FCA 353

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Macchia v Nilant [2000] FCA 353 BANKRUPTCY – sequestration order – statement of affairs – requirements of s 54(1) Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) – whether failure to meet requirements of s 54(1) is a "formal defect" capable of rectification by s 306(1) Bankruptcy Act.

Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) Pt X; ss 30(1)(b), 33, 33(1)(c), 37(2)(a), 54, 54(1), 54(3), 55, 55(3A), 58, 77, 78, 80, 139W, 139ZG, 139ZI(1), 139ZI(3), 149, 149(3), 149A(1), 149A(2)(a)(i), 149A(3), 149B, 149D(1)(d), 149D(1)(f), 149D(1)(n), 149J, 149J(1), 149K(1), 179, 188, 194, 227, 264A, 264B, 265, 269, 272, 306, 306(1), 306(2).

Nilant v Macchia (1997) 78 FCR 419 referred to Challen v Bendeich [1999] FCA 845 referred to Re Rohde (1993) 42 FCR 149 referred to Sofia v Pattison (Federal Court of Australia, Finkelstein J, 20 October 1997, unreported) followed Re Baker (1994) 29 CBR (3d) (Ont) 10 referred to Re Wheeler & Reynolds; Ex parte Kerr & Crowe (1988) 20 FCR 185 referred to Tsingaris v The Official Receiver [1999] FCA 1389 followed Trihakis v Official Receiver [1999] FCA 1426 considered Rosenfeldt v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (1997) 79 FCR 340 referred to Van-Minnen (nee Huson), Ex parte Harrison [1999] FCA 43 referred to Nikoglou v Official Receiver in Bankruptcy [2000] FCA 8 followed Official Trustee in Bankruptcy v Street [2000] FCA 216 followed Re Rosenboom (1974) 18 CBR (NS) 180 (Ont SC) referred to Re Ballato; Ex parte Pezzano [1988] FCA 768 referred to Matthews v Collett [2000] FCA 224 referred to Re Carew-Reid; Ex parte Buckeridge (Federal Court of Australia, Lee J, 19 March 1997, unreported) referred to Re Shead; Ex parte Shead (1954) 16 ABC 188 referred to

RE MARIO SILVERIO MACCHIA; EX PARTE MARIO SILVERIO MACCHIA v CHARLES PHILIPPE LOUIS NILANT WG 7007 OF 1996 LEE J PERTH 27 MARCH 2000