Macatangay v State of New South Wales [2016] FCA 1390

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Macatangay v State of New South Wales [2016] FCA 1390 Appeal from: State of New South Wales v Macatangay [2016] FCCA 1226

File number: NSD 871 of 2016

Judge: KATZMANN J

Date of judgment: 23 November 2016

Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY — appeal from making of sequestration order — whether primary judge erred in failing to go behind judgment debt where bankrupt alleged without evidence that judgment procured by fraud — whether primary judge erred in finding no other sufficient cause not to make sequestration order — where bankrupt asserted claim against petitioning creditor that she was held to have been estopped from making and after orders had been made barring her from bringing such a claim

Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss s 40(1), 43(1), 52 Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) ss 368(5) and 369(7)

Cases cited: Cain v Whyte (1933) 48 CLR 639 Corney v Brien (1951) 84 CLR 343 Ling v Enrobook Pty Ltd (1997) 74 FCR 19 Macatangay v State of New South Wales (unreported, NSWCA, Beazley and Ipp JJA, 8 November 2007) Macatangay v State of New South Wales (unreported, NSWSC, Harrison AsJ, 22 November 2007) Macatangay v State of New South Wales (unreported, NSWCA, Mason P and Handley AJA, 1 May 2008) Macatangay v State of New South Wales (unreported, NSWSC, RS Hulme J, 20 May 2010) Macatangay v State of New South Wales (unreported, NSWCA, Handley and Sackville AJJA, 20 September 2010) Macatangay v State of New South Wales [2008] HCASL 432 Macatangay v State of New South Wales [2009] NSWCA 81 Macatangay v State of New South Wales (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 272 Macatangay v State of New South Wales [2010] HCASL 42 Macatangay v State of New South Wales [2011] HCASL 15 Macatangay v State of New South Wales [2012] NSWCA 108 Macatangay v State of New South Wales [2012] NSWCA 305 Macatangay v State of New South Wales [2012] NSWCA 341 Macatangay v State of New South Wales [2012] NSWCA 374 Macatangay v State of New South Wales [2013] NSWCA 237 Macatangay v State of New South Wales [2015] NSWSC 1745 Miller v University of New South Wales [2002] FCA 882 Miller v University of New South Wales [2003] FCAFC 180 Re Schmidt; Ex parte Anglewood Pty Ltd (1968) 13 FLR 111 Rejfek v McElroy (1965) 112 CLR 517 Totev v Sfar [2006] FCA 470; 230 ALR 236 Wren v Mahony (1972) 126 CLR 212