Khouzame v All Seasons Air Pty Ltd, in the matter of: Pierre Khouzame [2014] FCA 1319

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Khouzame v All Seasons Air Pty Ltd, in the matter of: Pierre Khouzame [2014] FCA 1319 Citation: Khouzame v All Seasons Air Pty Ltd, in the matter of: Pierre Khouzame [2014] FCA 1319

Parties: IN THE MATTER OF: PIERRE KHOUZAME; PIERRE KHOUZAME v ALL SEASONS AIR PTY LTD ACN 149 103 748

File number: NSD 923 of 2014

Judge: FLICK J

Date of judgment: 3 December 2014

Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY – bankruptcy notice founded on bankruptcy debt – dispute as to amount owing – application to set aside bankruptcy notice – dispute not tantamount to an abuse of process PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – jurisdiction of Court to set aside a bankruptcy notice – absence of express statutory power – implied power

Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1996 (Cth) ss 30, 41, 52 Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) ss 24, 25

Cases cited: Bryant v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1994) 217 ALR 251, applied Clyne v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (NSW) (No 4) (1982) 66 FLR 301, 13 ATR 302, followed Corney v Brien (1951) 84 CLR 343, followed Herat v McLean Holdaway Pty Ltd [2014] FCA 816, referred to Ilhan v Cvitanovic [2009] NSWSC 160, (2009) 73 NSWLR 644, cited Lindholdt v Merritt Madden Printing Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 260, applied Minter Ellison (A Firm) v Raneberg [2011] SASC 159, cited Olivieri v Stafford (1989) 24 FCR 413, cited Seller v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation [2011] FCA 865, (2011) 282 ALR 80, cited Seovic Civil Engineering Pty Ltd v Groeneveld [1999] FCA 255, (1999) 87 FCR 120, cited Skouloudis v St George Bank Ltd [2008] FCA 1765, (2008) 173 FCR 236, cited Sterling; Ex parte Esanda Pty Ltd; Re (1980) 30 ALR 773, 44 FLR 125 Watts v Adelaide Bank Ltd [2009] FCA 420, cited Xu v Wan Ze Property Development (Aust) Pty Ltd (in liquidation) [2014] FCA 461, cited Colvin, Assailing a Judgment Relied Upon in a Bankruptcy Notice (1986) 2 Aust Bar Rev 164