Kerr (Trustee), in the matter of Cross (Bankrupt) v Bechara [2015] FCA 284

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Kerr (Trustee), in the matter of Cross (Bankrupt) v Bechara [2015] FCA 284 Citation: Kerr (Trustee), in the matter of Cross (Bankrupt) v Bechara [2015] FCA 284

Parties: DAVID JOHN KERR IN HIS CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE OF THE BANKRUPT ESTATE OF GABRIEL CROSS AND TRUSTEE OF THE BANKRUPT ESTATE OF ROSABELLE CROSS v MARIA BECHARA TRADING AS BECHARA & COMPANY LAWYERS, FERIDUN AKCAN and MARK PETRUCCO

File number: NSD 1113 of 2014

Judge: JAGOT J

Date of judgment: 31 March 2015

Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY – trustee – whether trustee validly appointed – trustee's determination of voting entitlements at meeting of creditors – Bankruptcy Act ss 33(1), 178(2), 258, 64ZA, 84, 63A(1), 64D BANKRUPTCY – creditor – where creditor assignee of debt – notice of assignment of debt given to trustee – Conveyancing Act s 12 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – leave to re-open – application dismissed

Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 33(1), 63A(1), 64, 64D, 64J, 64Z, 64ZA, 82(1), 84, 102(1), 121, 122, 178, 181, 258 Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) s 12 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 33.11, 33.6, 34.3, 36.4

Cases cited: Bechrose Pty Ltd v Jefferson (1999) 94 FCR 494; [1999] FCA 1153 Conway v Insolvency & Trustee Service Australia [2003] FCA 943 Foots v Southern Cross Mine Management Pty Ltd (2007) 234 CLR 52; [2007] HCA 56 Foyster v Foyster Holdings [2003] NSWSC 881 Official Trustee in Bankruptcy v Alvaro (1996) 66 FCR 372 Re Dingle & Cockerill; Westpac Banking Corporation v Worrell (1993) 47 FCR 478 Re McLean; Ex parte Friends' Provident Life Office (1992) 36 FCR 502 Starkey v Rondo Building Services Pty Ltd (2005) 145 FCR 423; [2005] FCA 1081