Tu v Chang (No 2) [2016] FCA 1568

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Tu v Chang (No 2) [2016] FCA 1568 File number: NSD 927 of 2016

Judge: BROMWICH J

Date of judgment: 22 December 2016

Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY – application to set aside bankruptcy notice – "counter-claim, set-off or cross demand" pursuant to ss 40(1)(g) and 41(7) of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) – supplementary ground raised that the judgment upon which the bankruptcy notice was issued was invalid due to inclusion of filing fee so as to render bankruptcy notice invalid – held: bankruptcy notice was valid pursuant to s 306(1) of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) – held: "counter-claim, set-off or cross demand" established – held: application to set aside bankruptcy notice allowed with costs

Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth), ss 40(1)(g), 41(5), 41(6), 41(6A), 41(7), 306, 306(1) Bankruptcy Regulations 1996 (Cth), reg 4.02, Sch 1 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 133 Civil Procedure Regulations 2012 (NSW), cl 7(1), Sch 1 Legal Profession Act 1987 (NSW), ss 208J(3), 208JA(4) Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW), ss 368, 368(5), 369, 369(7) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 36.10, 36.11

Cases cited: Adams v Lambert [2006] HCA 10; (2006) 228 CLR 409 Coshott v Barry [2015] NSWCA 257; (2015) 91 NSWLR 1 Croker v Commissioner of Taxation [2005] FCA 127; (2005) 145 FCR 150 Cumins v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation [2008] FCAFC 185; (2008) 172 FCR 425 Dennis v Miller [2012] FMCA 25; (2012) 257 FLR 64 Ebert v The Union Trustee Company of Australia Limited [1960] HCA 50; (1960) 104 CLR 346 Gomez v State Bank of New South Wales Limited [2002] FCAFC 101 sub nom Gomez v State Bank of New South Wales Limited [2002] FCA 442 Harman v Secretary of State for the Home Department [1983] 1 AC 280 Hearne v Street [2008] HCA 36; (2008) 235 CLR 125 Hussain v King Investment Solutions Pty Ltd [2006] FCA 905; (2006) 153 FCR 428 Lord & Anor v Rankine & Ors [2010] FMCA 668 Nugawela v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation [2016] FCAFC 164 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28; (1998) 194 CLR 355 Rankine v Lord [2011] FCA 478; (2011) 121 ALD 258 Re Brink; Ex parte The Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Ltd [1980] FCA 78; (1980) 30 ALR 433 Re Judd; Ex parte Pike (1924) 24 SR (NSW) 537 Re Walsh (1982) 65 FLR 87 Seovic Civil Engineering Pty Ltd v Groeneveld [1999] FCA 255; (1999) 87 FCR 120 Stec v Orfanos [1999] FCA 457 The Australian Steel Company (Operations) Pty Ltd v Lewis [2000] FCA 1915; (2000) 109 FCR 33 Wende v Howarth (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 416; (2015) 91 NSWLR 588 Murray M and Harris J, Keay's Insolvency: Personal and Corporate Law and Practice (9th ed, Lawbook Co., 2016)