Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Hacker v Weston [2015] FCA 363 Citation: Hacker v Weston [2015] FCA 363
Parties: SUSANNE HACKER AKA SUSANNAH HACKER, SUSIE HACKER, SUSIE SHOSHAMMA GISELA & SUSANNAH SHOSHANNA GISELLA HACKER v PAUL GERARD WESTON
File number: NSD 368 of 2014
Judge: FLICK J
Date of judgment: 22 April 2015
Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY – trustee seeking discharge – duties of trustee – alleged breach of duty in failing to secure property – fiduciary duty owed by trustee – trustee to make good the loss occasioned by his conduct BANKRUPTCY – annulment of sequestration order – discretionary considerations to be taken into account BANKRUPTCY – discharge from trusteeship – power to impose conditions
Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1924 (Cth), s 124 Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth), ss 19, 19(1)(a)-(k), 19(2), 30, 30(1), 30(1)(b), 54, 134(4), 149, 153A, 153A(1)-(6), 153 153B(1)-(4), 154, 155H, 179, 179(1)(b), 183, 183(1)-(7) Bankruptcy Regulations 1996 (Cth), regs 8.34A, 16.03, Sch 4A items 2.6, 2.8, 2.9, 4.3
Cases cited: Adsett v Berlouis (1992) 37 FCR 201 Re Bilen; Ex parte Sistrom (unreported, Federal Court of Australia, Neaves J, 11 April 1985) Breen v Williams (1996) 186 CLR 71 Bulic v Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd [2007] FCA 307 Cameron v Cole (1944) 68 CLR 571 Citicorp Australia Ltd v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (1996) 71 FCR 550 Re Deriu (1970) 16 FLR 420 Re Driller (1971) 21 FLR 159 Dubow v Official Receiver (NSW) [2013] FCA 709 Ferella v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (No 2) [2011] FCA 619 Francis v Eggleston Mitchell Lawyers Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 18 Malec v J C Hutton Pty Ltd (1990) 169 CLR 638 Mills v Sheahan [2007] SASC 365, (2007) 99 SASR 357 Nikolaou v Papasavas, Phillips & Co (1989) 166 CLR 394 Re Oates; Ex parte Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (1987) 17 FCR 402 Re Powell; Ex parte Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (unreported, Federal Court of Australia, Northrop J, 13 November 1990) Quinn v Official Trustee (1996) 63 FCR 136 Stankiewicz v Plata [2000] FCA 1185 Stankovic v Hills Shire Council [2013] FCA 652 Talacko v Talacko [2010] FCAFC 54, (2010) 183 FCR 311 Tapp v LawCover Insurance Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 35 Thredgold v Fyfe Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 1363 Vale v Sutherland [2009] HCA 26 Verge, Re Underdown (a bankrupt) v Fazio [2013] FCA 1 Re Williams (1968) 13 FLR 10 Re Young; In the matter of Macryannis [2011] FCA 1272, (2011) 124 ALD 28 Hassall, 'Annulment of Bankruptcy and Review of Sequestration Orders', (1993) 67 ALJ 761
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