Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Backman v Landsbanki Islands hf [2011] FCA 1430 Citation: Backman v Landsbanki Islands hf [2011] FCA 1430
Parties: HALLDOR BACKMAN, HERDIS HALLMARSDOTTIR AND KRISTINN BJARNASON (AS FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES OF LANDSBANKI ISLANDS HF) v LANDSBANKI ISLANDS HF
File number(s): NSD 1802 of 2011
Judge: JACOBSON J
Date of judgment: 7 December 2011
Catchwords: CORPORATIONS – Cross Border Insolvency Act 2008 (Cth) – Application for recognition of proceeding in Iceland as a "foreign proceeding" and as a "foreign main proceeding"
Legislation: Cross Border Insolvency Act 2008 (Cth), ss 6, 8, 10, 11, 13, 17 and Sch 1. Federal Court (Corporations) Rules 2000 (Cth) Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, GA Res 52/158, 52nd sess, 72nd plen mtg, Agenda Item 148, UN Doc A/52/649 (30 January 1998, adopted 15 December 1997), Arts 2, 4, 15, 16, 17, 20 and 21
Date of hearing: 7 December 2011
Place: Sydney
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 21
Counsel for the Plaintiffs: D Sulan
Solicitor for the Plaintiffs: Clayton Utz
Counsel for the Defendant: The Defendant did not appear
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY GENERAL DIVISION NSD 1802 of 2011
BETWEEN: HALLDOR BACKMAN, HERDIS HALLMARSDOTTIR AND KRISTINN BJARNASON (AS FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES OF LANDSBANKI ISLANDS HF)
Plaintiff
AND: LANDSBANKI ISLANDS HF
Defendant
JUDGE: JACOBSON J DATE OF ORDER: 7 DECEMBER 2011 WHERE MADE: SYDNEY
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