Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Maher v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [2013] FCA 1143 Citation: Maher v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [2013] FCA 1143
Parties: DENNIS MAHER v THE OFFICIAL TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY and COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA
File number: VID 733 of 2011
Judge: JESSUP J
Date of judgment: 8 November 2013
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application by second respondent for security for costs in proceeding for annulment of bankruptcy – applicant impecunious and unable to pay second respondent's costs – whether order for security should be made having regard to requirements of justice and nature of applicant's claim for annulment
Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth), ss 30 and 153B Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth), r 19.01
Cases cited: Australian Workers' Union v Bowen (1946) 72 CLR 575 Barton v Minister for Foreign Affairs (1984) 2 FLR 463 Blair v Curran (1939) 62 CLR 464 Commonwealth Bank of Australia & Ors v Maher [2008] FMCA 552 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Maher [2008] FMCA 1280 Cowell v Taylor (1885) 31 Ch D Delta Electricity v Blue Mountains Conservation Society Inc [2010] NSWCA 264 Ly v Jenkins (2001) 114 FCR 237 Maher v CBA & Ors [2005] FMCA 1097 Maher v CBA & Ors [2008] FMCA 1004 Maher v CBA [2007] FMCA 400 Maher v Commonwealth Bank of Australia & Ors [2007] FCA 113 Maher v Commonwealth Bank of Australia & Ors [2007] FCA 560 Maher v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2004] FCA 248 Maher v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2006] FCA 892 Maher v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2008] FCA 205 Maher v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2008] VSCA 122 Maher v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2009] FCA 1589 Maher v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2010] FCA 1178 Maher v Commonwealth Bank of Australia ACN 123 123 124 [2008] FCA 773 Maher v Commonwealth Banking Corporation [2002] FCAFC 104 Melville v Craig Nowlan and Associates Pty Ltd (2002) 54 NSWLR 82 Ng v Van Der Velde [2010] FCA 89 Ninan v St George Bank Ltd (2012) 294 ALR 190 Re Eastwood [1975] Ch 112 Re Oates (1987) 17 FCR 402
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