Brown v Zomba Music Publishers Australia Pty Ltd [2003] FCA 1214

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Brown v Zomba Music Publishers Australia Pty Ltd [2003] FCA 1214 CORPORATIONS – winding up – based on presumption of insolvency – whether application outside time required for operation of presumption – whether application an abuse of process in its terms – application for summary dismissal – application precluded by statute Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ss 459C(1)(a), 459C(2), 459K, 459P, 459S, 459S(1)(b)

Federal Court Rules O 20 r 2

Kezarne Pty Ltd v Sydney Asbestos Removal Services Pty Ltd (1998) 29 ACSR 11 cited Moutere Pty Ltd v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (2000) 34 ACSR 533 cited David Grant & Co Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation (1995) 184 CLR 265 applied ROBERT GEOFFREY BROWN alias ROBERT JOHN MUTT LANGE alias MAURICE JOHN HOWE v ZOMBA MUSIC PUBLISHERS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, ZOMBA MUSIC HOLDINGS B.V. HOE FLOO 24 1251 Eb LAREN THE NETHERLANDS and MARY THEOFELOS alias EILLEEN REGINA EDWARDS alias SHANIA TWAIN W3018 of 2003 RD NICHOLSON J 31 OCTOBER 2003 PERTH

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY W3018 OF 2003

BETWEEN: ROBERT GEOFFREY BROWN

alias ROBERT JOHN MUTT LANGE

alias MAURICE JOHN HOWE

PLAINTIFF

AND: ZOMBA MUSIC PUBLISHERS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

(ACN 089 247 138)

ZOMBA MUSIC HOLDINGS B.V. HOE FLOO

24 1251 Eb LAREN THE NETHERLANDS

MARY THEOFELOS

alias EILLEEN REGINA EDWARDS

alias SHANIA TWAIN

DEFENDANTS

JUDGE: RD NICHOLSON J

DATE OF ORDER: 31 OCTOBER 2003

WHERE MADE: PERTH

THE COURT ORDERS THAT: 1. The application on behalf of the first named defendant for summary dismissal of the application for winding up be dismissed. 2. The application be adjourned for further directions on 3 December 2003 at 10.30 am. 3. The title to the proceeding be amended by deletion of reference to the second and third named defendants. Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.