Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Hawach [2017] FCA 536 File number: NSD 1775 of 2016
Judge: PAGONE J
Date of judgment: 16 May 2017
Date of publication of reasons: 17 May 2017
Catchwords: TAXATION – Application for default judgment – failure to file an address for service – failure to appear – evidence that respondent on notice of proceedings – no reasonable prospect of successfully defending recovery proceedings
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Taxation Administration Act 1953 (Cth) Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth)
Cases cited: Commissioner of Taxation v Ornelas [2016] FCA 457 Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Vasiliades [2015] FCA 412
Date of hearing: 16 May 2017
Registry: New South Wales
Division: General Division
National Practice Area: Taxation
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 7
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr T Cleary
Solicitor for the Applicant: Craddock Murray Neumann
Counsel for the Respondent: The respondent did not appear
ORDERS NSD 1775 of 2016
BETWEEN: DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION Applicant
AND: VICTORIA HAWACH ALSO KNOWN AS VICTORIA YOUSSEF LAHOUD Respondent
JUDGE: PAGONE J DATE OF ORDER: 16 MAY 2017
THE COURT ORDERS THAT:
1. Judgment be entered in favour of the applicant pursuant to r 26.01 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) against the first respondent in the amount of $2,267,487.83. 2. The first respondent pay the costs of the application. Note: Entry of orders is dealt with in Rule 39.32 of the Federal Court Rules 2011.
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