Piggott (Trustee), in the matter of Hodgkinson (Bankrupt) v Hodgkinson [2013] FCA 598

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Piggott (Trustee), in the matter of Hodgkinson (Bankrupt) v Hodgkinson [2013] FCA 598 Citation: Piggott (Trustee), in the matter of Hodgkinson (Bankrupt) v Hodgkinson [2013] FCA 598

Parties: BENJAMIN PETER PIGGOTT AS THE TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF THE BANKRUPT ESTATE OF KEVIN ARTHUR HODGKINSON v KEVIN ARTHUR HODGKINSON

File number: WAD 135 of 2013

Judge: BARKER J

Date of judgment: 10 May 2013

Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY – application by trustee in bankruptcy to be appointed receiver and manager of trust assets – bankrupt former trustee of trust – no present trustee of trust – whether Court has power under s 30(1) Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) or s 23 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) to make orders sought

Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) s 30(1), s 116(2)(a) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 23 Trustees Act 1962 (WA) s 77

Cases cited: Cardile v LED Builders Pty Ltd [1999] HCA 18; (1999) 198 CLR 380 Chief Commissioner of Stamp Duties v Buckle [1998] HCA 4; (1998) 192 CLR 226 Coates v McInerney (1992) 7 WAR 537 Hingston v Westpac Banking Corporation [2012] FCAFC 41; (2012) 200 FCR 493 In Re Suco Gold Pty Ltd (In Liq) (1983) 33 SASR 99 Jennings v Maher [1902] 1 KB 1 Keith Hercules & Sons v Steedman (1987) 17 FCR 290 Octavo Investments Pty Ltd v Knight (1979) 144 CLR 360 Ramsay v McElroy [2003] QCA 208; [2004] 1 Qd R 667 Re Bilen; Ex Parte Sistrom (unreported, Federal Court of Australia, Neaves J, 11 April 1985) Re Matheson; Ex parte Worrell (1994) 49 FCR 454