Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Reaper v Baycorp Collections PDL (Australia) Pty Limited [2016] FCA 1454 Appeal from: Application for leave to appeal: Baycorp Collections PDL (Australia) Pty Ltd v Reaper [2016] FCCA 2458
File number: VID 1172 of 2016
Judge: COLLIER J
Date of judgment: 2 December 2016
Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY – application for leave to appeal from orders refusing stay of earlier orders that bankruptcy property be sold – whether refusal of stay an interlocutory or final order – whether refusal to order injunction restraining trustee an interlocutory or final order – principles in Décor Corporation Pty Ltd v Dart Industries Inc (1991) 33 FCR 397 – whether referral to date application accepted for filing rather than date application lodged for filing constituted error in order – principles in respect of stay applications – judicial discretion – reference by primary Judge to related litigation in other Courts – invitation to primary Judge to go behind judgment debt – bankrupt's allegations of fraud on part of trustee and creditor – whether fresh evidence – re-agitation of same issues – improper tactic on part of bankrupt – no sufficient doubt to warrant reconsideration – no substantial injustice if leave refused, supposing primary judgment wrong – costs
Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 40(1)(g), 109(1)(a), 153B, 154, 178 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 24(1A), 24(1D)(a) Federal Circuit Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 16.05(2)
Cases cited: Alexander v Cambridge Credit Corp Ltd (1985) 2 NSWLR 685 Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Lanepoint Enterprises Pty Ltd [2011] HCA 18 Berg v Director of Public Prosecutions [2011] QCA 302 Citrus Queensland Pty Ltd v Sunstate Orchards Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 1867 Compton v Ramsay Health Care Australia Pty Ltd [2016] FCAFC 106 Cook's Construction Pty Ltd v Stork Food Systems Australia Pty Ltd [2008] 2 Qd R 453 Décor Corporation Pty Ltd v Dart Industries Inc (1991) 33 FCR 397 Eastman v R (2000) 203 CLR 1 Francis v Eggleston Mitchell Lawyers Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 836 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499 Lumsden v Snelson [2001] FCA 83 Mitry Lawyers v Barnden [2014] FCA 918 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1980) 147 CLR 35 Puttick v Tenon Limited [2008] HCA 54 re Knight [1992] FCA 286 Re Luck [2003] HCA 70; (2003) 203 ALR 1 Reaper v Baycorp Collections PDL (Australia) Pty Ltd [2016] FCA 579 Reaper v Luxton [2016] FCA 784 Shields v The Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [1994] FCA 1418 Tampion v Anderson (1973) 48 ALJR 11 Voth v Manildra Flour Mills Pty Ltd (1990) 171 CLR 538 Vrsecky v Reaper & Anor (No 3) [2015] FCCA 2807
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