Gumala Investments Pty Ltd v Lethbridge [2007] FCA 934

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Gumala Investments Pty Ltd v Lethbridge [2007] FCA 934

INJUNCTION – duties of members of governing committee of association incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 (Cth) – whether serious issue to be tried that members of governing committee acted for an improper purpose – whether the manager of the trust breached its fiduciary duties to the beneficiaries Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 (Cth) Pt 4, s 49C Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ss 180, 181, 249D(1), 505(1) Whitehouse v Carlton Hotel Pty Ltd (1987) 162 CLR 285 Town and Country Sports Resort v Partnership Pacific (1998) 20 FCR 540 Walter Rau Neusser Oel Und Fett v Cross Pacific Trading Ltd [2005] FCA 955 GUMALA INVESTMENTS PTY LTD (ACN 077 593 581) and JULIE WALKER v KEITH LETHBRIDGE, STUART INJIE, DARREN INJIE, GLADYS WALKER, MARJORIE PARKER, GORDON YULINE, DAVID STOCK, NATALIE PARKER, ARCHIE TUCKER, MAY BYRNE, PETER DERSCHOW, SUSAN BUNG, CHURCHILL JONES, BETTY PETERSEN, CAROL ALLEN, ANGUS SMITH, ALI PARKER, KAREN TOMMY and GUMALA ABORIGINAL CORPORATION WAD 101 OF 2007

SIOPIS J

14 JUNE 2007

PERTH IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY WAD 101 OF 2007

BETWEEN: GUMALA INVESTMENTS PTY LTD (ACN 077 593 581)

First Applicant

JULIE WALKER

Second Applicant

AND: KEITH LETHBRIDGE

STUART INJIE

DARREN INJIE

GLADYS WALKER

MARJORIE PARKER

GORDON YULINE

DAVID STOCK

NATALIE PARKER

ARCHIE TUCKER

MAY BYRNE

PETER DERSCHOW

SUSAN BUNG

CHURCHILL JONES

BETTY PETERSEN

CAROL ALLEN

ANGUS SMITH