Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Weston v Hacker [2014] FCA 86 Citation: Weston v Hacker [2014] FCA 86
Parties: PAUL GERARD WESTON v SUSANNE HACKER (AKA SUSANNAH HACKER, SUSIE HACKER, SUSIE SHOSHANNA GISELA AND SUSANNAH SHOSHANNA GISELLA HACKER)
File number: NSD 750 of 2013
Judge: COWDROY J
Date of judgment: 18 February 2014
Catchwords: EQUITY – claim by bankrupt in devastavit against trustee in bankruptcy in the Supreme Court of New South Wales – whether direction under s 134(4) of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) should be made justifying the use of trust funds by the trustee to defend the devastavit claim
Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 134, s 153A, 183, Trustee Act 1925 (NSW) s 63
Cases cited: Adsett v Berlouis (1992) 37 FCR 201 Alsop Wilkinson (a firm) v Neary [1995] 1 All ER 431 Bovaird v Trustee of the Bankrupt Estate of Frost (2010) 118 ALD 263 Donnelly (Trustee), Re Hancock v Porteous [2002] FCA 607 Drummond v Drummond [1999] NSWSC 923 Frost v Bovaird (2012) 203 FCR 95 Macedonian Orthodox Community Church St Petka Inc v His Eminence Petar the Diocesan Bishop of Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (2008) 237 CLR 66 McDonald v Horn [1995] 1 All ER 961 Miller v Cameron (1936) 54 CLR 572 Re Ladyman (1981) 38 ALR 631 Re Lofthouse (2001) 107 FCR 151 Re Weber (2006) 154 FCR 80 Sutherland (In the Matter of Scutts) [1999] FCA 147
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