Maher v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (No 2) [2004] FCA 1398

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Maher v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (No 2) [2004] FCA 1398 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – judgment for recovery of land – execution of judgment – stranger re-takes possession – warrant of possession Federal Court of Australia Act (1976) (Cth), s 53(1) Supreme Court Act 1986 (Vic) Federal Court Rules, O 37 r 7 Supreme Court (General Rules of Procedure in Civil Proceedings) 1996 (Vic), r 66.03 Alliance Building Society v Austen [1951] 2 All ER 1068 cited Bond v Bell (1857) 4 Drew 157 cited Devereux v Underhill (1667) 2 Keb 245 cited Doe d Pitcher v Roe (1841) 9 Dowl 971 cited Doe d Stevens v Lord (1839) 7 Ad & E 610 cited Doe d Thompson v Mirehouse (1883) 2 Dowl 200 cited Doe, on Demise of Patet v Roe (1807) 1 Taunt 55 cited Fortune v Johnson (1651) Styles 318 cited Kingsdale v Mann (1703) 6 Mod Rep 27 cited Lacon v De Groat (1893) 10 TLR 24 cited Marriner v Smorgon [1989] VR 485 cited Mason v Paynter Esquire (1841) 1 QB 974 cited Molineux v Fulgam (1622) Palm 289 cited Queen v Elliott [1955] VR 126 cited Stacpoble v Walsh (1880) 6 LR Ir 444 cited Styles Case (1609) 2 Br & G 216 cited Upton and Wells Case (1589) 1 Leon 145 cited Bacon's Abridgment, Ejectment, (G) 3 Chitty's Archbold's Practice, vol 2, (12th ed, 1866) Cole's Ejectment (1857) Edwards on Execution (1888) 2 Freeman on Executions, (2nd ed, 1888) Lord Ellesmere's Treatise Roscoe on Real Actions (1825) Watson on Sheriffs (1827) DENNIS MAHER v COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA, GREG FIRTH, GRAY & JOHNSON (A FIRM), REGISTRAR OF TITLES (Victoria) and OFFICIAL TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY V 204 of 2001 FINKELSTEIN J 29 OCTOBER 2004 MELBOURNE

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY V 204 of 2001

BETWEEN: DENNIS MAHER

Applicant

AND: COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA,