Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Richard Busuttil & Co Pty Ltd v Flint; In the Matter of Flint [2013] FCA 575 Citation: Richard Busuttil & Co Pty Ltd v Flint; In the Matter of Flint [2013] FCA 575
Parties: RICHARD BUSUTTIL & CO PTY LTD (ACN 119 057 591) v DENISE CHARLENE FLINT; IN THE MATTER OF DENISE CHARLENE FLINT
File number: ACD 6 of 2013
Judge: FOSTER J
Date of judgment: 7 June 2013
Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY – whether Creditor's Petition was heard in open court – whether Federal Magistrate has power to extend life of Creditor's Petition retrospectively by invoking the slip rule and thereby overcome the effect of s 52(5) of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) – whether a judgment or order was made by the Federal Magistrate thereby attracting the operation of the slip rule
Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth), s 52(5) and s 306 Federal Court (Bankruptcy) Rules 2005, r 2.06
Cases cited: Flint v Richard Busuttil & Co Pty Limited [2013] FCA 258 related Elyard Corp Pty Ltd v DDB Needham Sydney Pty Ltd (1995) 61 FCR 385 cited Gikas v Papanayiotou [1977] 2 NSWLR 944 cited Griffiths v Boral Resources (Qld) Pty Ltd (2006) 154 FCR 554 applied
Date of hearing: 6 and 7 June 2013
Place: Canberra
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 38
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr WL Sharwood
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