Mulhern v Bank of Queensland Ltd [2014] FCA 26

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Mulhern v Bank of Queensland Ltd [2014] FCA 26 Citation: Mulhern v Bank of Queensland Ltd [2014] FCA 26

Parties: JACQUELINE PATRICIA MULHERN v BANK OF QUEENSLAND LIMITED ACN 009 656 740 and WILLIAM JOHN FLETCHER AS TRUSTEE OF THE BANKRUPT ESTATE OF JACQUELINE PATRICIA MULHERN

File number: NSD 1815 of 2013

Judge: JACOBSON J

Date of judgment: 5 February 2014

Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY – application for annulment of bankruptcy – where sequestration order made against the estate – whether order "ought not have been made" PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – abuse of process – whether applicant entitled to relitigate in the Federal Court claims previously dismissed in the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia

Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 43(1)(b), 52(2), 153B Federal Court (Bankruptcy) Rules 2005 (Cth) r 4.01 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 26.01

Cases cited: Adam P Brown Male Fashions Pty Ltd v Philip Morris Inc (1981) 148 CLR 170 Bulic v Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd [2007] FCA 307 Boothe (Trustee), in the matter of Malan (Bankrupt) v Malan [2000] FCA 685 Carr v Finance Corporation of Australia Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 246 Cottrell v Wilcox [2002] FCA 1115 Hall v Nominal Defendant (1966) 117 CLR 423 Liprini v Liprini & Anor [2012] FMCA 666 Mulhern v Bank of Queensland Limited [2012] FMCA 1124 Mulhern v Bank of Queensland Limited [2012] FMCA 1266 Mulhern Constructions & Ors v Mulhern [2012] QSC 120 Pearce v Mulhern [2010] FCA 446 Re Prowse, Ex parte the Debtor (1981) 39 ALR 639 Re Williams (1968) 13 FLR 10 Rogers v The Queen (1994) 181 CLR 251 Spalla v St George Motor Finance Ltd [2004] FCA 1699 Stankiewicz v Plata [2000] FCA 1185 Walton v Gardiner (1993) 177 CLR 378 Wilson v Commonwealth of Australia [1999] FCA 1308