Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Official Assignee in Bankruptcy of the Property of Ma v Ma [2018] FCA 948 File number: VID 685 of 2018
Judge: MOSHINSKY J
Date of judgment: 14 June 2018
Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY – request for aid in a matter of bankruptcy – where the respondent had been made bankrupt in New Zealand – where a letter of request from the High Court of New Zealand, requesting aid in relation to the bankruptcy, was filed in this Court – where the bankrupt was ordinarily resident in and had property in Australia – whether orders sought were within the power conferred by s 29 of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) – orders made
Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth), s 29 Cross-Border Insolvency Act 2008 (Cth) Insolvency Act 2006 (NZ), s 101
Cases cited: Ayres v Evans (1981) 56 FLR 235; 39 ALR 129 Cooksley v Cooksley (2017) 15 ABC(NS) 352; [2017] FCA 1193 Hanna v Hanna (2018) 15 ABC(NS) 603; [2018] FCA 156 Levy v Reddy (2009) 6 ABC(NS) 758; [2009] FCA 63 Re Ayres; Ex parte Evans (1981) 51 FLR 395; 34 ALR 582 Williams v Arnold (2010) 8 ABC(NS) 331; [2010] FCA 732
Date of hearing: 14 June 2018
Registry: Victoria
Division: General Division
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: General and Personal Insolvency
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 19
Solicitor for the Applicant: Mr GW Rodgers of RBG Lawyers
Counsel for the Respondent: The Respondent did not appear
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