Treasury Wine Estates Vintners Ltd v Garrett [2015] FCA 797

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Treasury Wine Estates Vintners Ltd v Garrett [2015] FCA 797 Citation: Treasury Wine Estates Vintners Ltd v Garrett [2015] FCA 797

Parties: TREASURY WINE ESTATES VINTNERS LTD (ACN 004 094 599) v ANDREW MORTON GARRETT

File numbers: VID 158 of 2015 VID 159 of 2015 VID 160 of 2015 VID 161 of 2015 VID 162 of 2015 VID 163 of 2015 VID 164 of 2015 VID 165 of 2015 VID 166 of 2015

Judge: DAVIES J

Date of judgment: 7 August 2015

Catchwords: CORPORATIONS – applications to set aside statutory demands for payment pursuant to s 459G of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) – whether genuine dispute about the existence or amount of the debts under s 459H of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) – whether there is a defect in the demands causing substantial injustice or some other reason the demands should be set aside pursuant to s 459J(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – where defendant has had a vexatious proceeding order made against him pursuant to s 37AO of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) – meaning of the words "proceeding" and "institute" in s 37AQ of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) – whether serving statutory demands for payment under s 459E of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) constitutes the institution of proceedings for the purposes of s 37AQ of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth)

Legislation: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ss 9, 459C(2)(a), 459E, 459F, 459G, 459H, 459J, 1324 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 37AM, 37AO, 37AQ, 37AT Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 41(1), 129AA