Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Highup Pty Ltd (in Liquidation) v Gubas [2014] FCA 1170 Citation: Highup Pty Ltd (in Liquidation) v Gubas [2014] FCA 1170
Parties: HIGHUP PTY LTD (ACN 119 418 423) (IN LIQUIDATION) v VESNA GUBAS
File number(s): ACD 18 of 2014
Judge(s): BUCHANAN J
Date of judgment: 5 November 2014
Catchwords: CORPORATIONS – liquidator of a company seeking order to recover from related entity benefit resulting from insolvent transactions of the plaintiff – where plaintiff alleged to have assumed a liability for the defendant and paid money to the defendant to discharge a debt owed by the defendant – whether plaintiff presumed to be insolvent during the relevant period – whether the transactions were insolvent transactions – whether the transactions were uncommercial – whether the transactions were voidable transactions EVIDENCE – no evidence given by the defendant – whether Court can accept that any evidence that might have been given would not have assisted the defendant's case – whether the Court may draw other adverse inferences against the defendant – onus remains on plaintiff to prove the elements of its case
Legislation: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ss 9, 286(1), 286(2), 588E(1)(b), 588E(2), 588E(4), 588E(5), 588FB, 588FB(1), 588FC, 588FC(a)(i), 588FE, 588FE(3), 588FE(4), 588FH(1), 588FH(1)(a), 588FH(1)(b), 588FH(1)(c), 588FH(2), 588G, 588G(2), 588G(3), 588J Evidence Act 1995 (Cth), ss 67, 81, 87
Cases cited: ABN AMRO Bank NV v Bathurst Regional Council [2014] FCAFC 65; (2014) 309 ALR 445 Blatch v Archer [1774] EngR2; (1774) 98 ER 969 Capital Finance Australia Ltd v Tolcher (2007) 164 FCR 83 Hawkins v Bank of China (1992) 26 NSWLR 562 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Morgan v Babcock & Wilcox Ltd (1929) 43 CLR 163 Tosich Construction Pty Ltd (In Liq) v Tosich (1997) 78 FCR 363 Vetter v Lake Macquarie City Council (2001) 202 CLR 439 Wardley Australia Ltd v Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 Western Australia v Wardley Australia Ltd (1991) 30 FCR 245 Weissensteiner v R (1993) 178 CLR 217
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