Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Rahme v Rahme [2011] FCA 320 Citation: Rahme v Rahme [2011] FCA 320
Parties: MAROUN GEORGE RAHME v NAHDA SARAH RAHME
File number: NSD 1326 of 2010
Judge: COWDROY J
Date of judgment: 6 April 2011
Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY – Debtor's petition filed subsequent to the filing but preceding the hearing of a creditor's petition – creditor's petition rendered nugatory COSTS – Application by petitioning creditor for indemnity costs – whether respondent's conduct warranted an order for indemnity costs – conduct of respondent insufficient to justify such an order – application for indemnity costs refused – order for costs incidental to the creditor's petition made in favour of the petitioning creditor including the costs of the application for costs
Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 32, 55(1), 55(2) Federal Court Act 1976 (Cth) s 43 Federal Court Rules (Cth) O 80 r 4
Cases cited: AWA Ltd v George Richard Daniels T/A Deloitte Haskins and Sells (unreported, No 50271 of 1991, NSWSC Comm D, 8 October 1992, BC9201567) Colgate-Palmolive Co v Cussons Pty Ltd (1993) 46 FCR 225 Dr Martens Australia Pty Ltd v Figgins Holdings Pty Ltd (No 2) [2000] FCA 602 Ragata Developments Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation (1993) 217 ALR 175 R & R and Ors [2006] FamCA 808 Rand & Rand [2009] FamCAFC 88 Rand & Ors v Rand [2009] FamCAFC 70 Rand & Rand (No. 2) [2009] FamCAFC 155 Rand v Rand & Ors [2006] FamCA 1530 Re Hankey; ex parte Kratzmann (1986) 11 FCR 512 Roadshow Films Pty Ltd & Ors v iiNet Ltd (No 4) (2010) 269 ALR 606
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