Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Barnes v Lion Finance Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 951 Citation: Barnes v Lion Finance Pty Ltd [2015] FCA 951
Parties: LINDSAY HAROLD BARNES v LION FINANCE PTY LTD (ACN 095 926 766) and ROBERT SCOTT WOODS AND DAVID JOHN FRANK LOMBE (AS TRUSTEES OF THE BANKRUPT ESTATE OF LINDSAY HAROLD BARNES)
File number: VID 359 of 2014
Judge: BEACH J
Date of judgment: 28 August 2015
Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY – annulment of bankruptcy – s 153B of Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) – whether bankrupt was solvent at time of sequestration order – whether creditor's petition served on bankrupt – whether sequestration order ought to have been made – discretion – annulment on conditions – application granted
Legislation: Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) s 29(1) Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 52(2), 153B(1), 309 Bankruptcy Regulations 1996 (Cth) reg 16.01 Federal Circuit Court Rules 2001 (Cth) r 6.14
Cases cited: Boles v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2001) 183 ALR 239 Bulic v Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd (2007) 5 ABC(NS) 122 Eykamp v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation [2010] FCA 797 Francis v Eggleston Mitchell Lawyers Pty Ltd (2014) 12 ABC(NS) 25 Heinrich v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2003] FCAFC 315 Hudson v Whalan [1999] FCA 189 Re Frank; Ex parte Piliszky (1987) 16 FCR 396 Re Raymond; Ex parte Raymond (1992) 36 FCR 424 Rigg v Baker (2006) 155 FCR 531 Sandell v Porter (1966) 115 CLR 666 Yang v L & H Group (a limited partnership) [2015] FCA 932
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