Lindholdt v Merritt Madden Printing Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 260

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Lindholdt v Merritt Madden Printing Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 260

BANKRUPTCY – application to set aside Bankruptcy Notice – Federal Magistrate refused to set aside Bankruptcy Notice – whether the Federal Magistrate erred in refusing to set aside the Notice – judgment debt upon which Notice based originally stayed by reason of instalment order – instalment order cancelled by Local Court – failure of respondent to make full and frank disclosure to Local Court prior to cancellation – whether issue of Notice constituted an abuse of process

Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 30(1), 41(1), (2), (3)(b), 41(6) and 306 Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s 160 Re Moss; Ex Part Tour Finance Limited (1968) 13 FLR 101 referred to Whiltshire-Smith v Mellor Olsson (1995) 57 FCR 572 at 586 referred to Re Browbank v Millet; Ex Parte Loniplus Pty Ltd (1985) 12 FCR 254 referred to Boscolo v Botany Council [1996] FCA 897 referred to Re Schekeloff; Ex Parte Schekeloff v Hopkins Group Pty Ltd (1989) 22 FCR 407 referred to Kirk v Ashdown [1999] FCA 1664 referred to Re Wheeler & Reynolds; Ex parte Kerr v Crowe (1988) 20 FCR 185 referred to Kleinwort Benson Australia Ltd v Crowl (1988) 165 CLR 71 referred to Bryant v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [1994] FCA 1091 referred to Re Sterling; Ex parte Esanda Pty Ltd (1980) 30 ALR 77 referred to Re Lentini; Ex parte Lentini v CSR Ltd (1991) 29 FCR 363 referred to Brunninghausen v Glavanics [1998] FCA 230 referred to Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378 referred to Thomas A Edison Ltd v Bullock (1912) 15 CLR 679 at 681-2 referred to Garrard v Email Furniture Pty Ltd (1993) 32 NSWLR 662 at 676-8 referred to Norman v Ricketts (1886) 3 Times LR 182 referred to Bramston v Robins (1826) 4 Bing 11 referred to Waller v Andrews (1938) 3 M & W 312 referred to Thairlwall v The Great Northern Railway Company [1910] 2 KB 509 referred to Re Amanatidis Holdings Pty Limited (1991) 4 ACSR 253 referred to PEER LINDHOLDT v MERITT MADDEN PRINTING PTY LTD N1290 of 2001 WEINBERG J 15 MARCH 2002 SYDNEY (BY VIDEO LINK FROM MELBOURNE)