Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Baker v Perpetual Trustee Company Limited [2012] FCA 553 Citation: Baker v Perpetual Trustee Company Limited [2012] FCA 553
Appeal from: Perpetual Trustee Company Limited v Baker [2011] FMCA 263
Parties: GARY BAKER v PERPETUAL TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED ACN 000 001 007
File number: NSD 592 of 2011
Judge: KATZMANN J
Date of judgment: 30 May 2012
Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY – appeal from sequestration order – "other sufficient cause" to dismiss creditor's petition – Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth), s 52(2)(b) – cross-claim against petitioning creditor – whether solvency relevant – whether debtor's cross-claim against petitioning creditor in the same right – whether federal magistrate erred in failing to dismiss or adjourn creditor's petition because of debtor's cross-claim – whether federal magistrate erred in finding that the value of the cross-claim fell significantly short of the judgment debt giving rise to the bankruptcy notice – whether denial of procedural fairness in proceeding below
Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) s 52 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 52, 84(2)
Cases cited: Branir Pty Ltd v Owston Nominees (No. 2) Pty Ltd (2001) 117 FCR 424 Cain v Whyte (1933) 48 CLR 639 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Paola (2005) 3 ABC(NS) 703; [2005] FCA 855 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Ling v Commonwealth (1996) 68 FCR 180 Ling v Enrobrook Pty Ltd (1997) 74 FCR 19 Lisciandro v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (1995) ATPR ¶41-436 Marks v GIO Australia Holdings Limited (1987) 196 CLR 494 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd v Triprush Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 861 Probiotec Ltd v University of Melbourne (2008) 166 FCR 30 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte "A" (2001) 185 ALR 489 Rotstein v Slaveski (2010) 8 ABC(NS) 200; [2010] FCA 493 SBBS v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2002) 194 ALR 749 Stead v State Government Insurance Commission (1986) 161 CLR 141 Stec v Orfanos [1999] FCA 457 Totev v Sfar (2006) 230 ALR 236 Water Board v Moustakas (1988) 180 CLR 491
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