Rafidi v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2018] FCA 1005

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Rafidi v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2018] FCA 1005

File number: NSD 374 of 2017

Judge: BURLEY J

Date of judgment: 4 July 2018

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – interlocutory application – application for leave to amend an application to set aside a bankruptcy notice – circumstances in which the Court may go behind a judgment on an application to set aside a bankruptcy notice – whether the Court must satisfy itself that the debt on which the creditor proceeds is a just and proper debt – distinction made between proceedings involving a creditor's petition and the making of a sequestration order under s 52 of the Bankruptcy Act – where the amendments raise a cross-claim within s 40(1)(g) of the Bankruptcy Act – where the bankruptcy notice is issued as a result of consent orders – application refused

Legislation: Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) s 12DA Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 30, 40, 41, 52 Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) ss 192A, 79 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 23, 31A, 37M; 37P Bankruptcy Regulations 1996 (Cth) regs 4.01, 4.02 Federal Court (Bankruptcy) Rules 2016 (Cth) r 3.02 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) r 1.32

Cases cited: Ahern v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (Qld) [1987] FCA 504; (1987) 76 ALR 137 Aon Risk Services Australia Limited v Australian National University [2009] HCA 27; (2009) 239 CLR 175 Byron v Southern Star Group [1997] FCA 151; (1997) 73 FCR 264 Chancliff Holdings Pty Ltd v Bell [1999] FCA 1708 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Rafidi [2016] NSWSC 381 Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Rafidi [2016] NSWSC 1931 Corney v Brien [1951] HCA 31; (1951) 84 CLR 343 Ebert v Union Trustee Company of Australia Limited [1960] HCA 50;(1960) 104 CLR 346 Ex parte Banner; In re Blythe (1881) 17 Ch D 480 Guss v Johnstone [2000] HCA 26; (2000) 171 ALR 598 Harrison v Charalambous [1999] FCA 902 Jeans v Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd [2003] FCAFC 309; (2003) 204 ALR 327 Katter v Melhem (No 2) [2014] FCA 1176; (2014) 319 ALR 646 Olivieri v Stafford [1989] FCA 731; (1989) 24 FCR 413 Rafidi v Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd [2017] NSWCA 96 Ramsay Health Care Australia Pty Ltd v Compton [2017] HCA 28; (2017) 345 ALR 534 Re A Debtor [1929] 1 Ch. 125 Re Briggs; Ex Parte Briggs v Deputy Commission of Taxation (WA) [1986] FCA 512; (1986) 12 FCR 310 Re Brink; ex parte The Commercial Banking Co of Sydney Ltd (1980) 44 FLR 135 Re Halstead; Ex parte Westpac Banking Corporation [1991] FCA 788; (1991) 31 FCR 337 Smith v Abbott, Stillman & Wilson [2007] FCA 1256 Tamaya Resources Ltd (in liq) v Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (A Firm), in the matter of Tamaya Resources Ltd (in liq) [2015] FCA 1098 Tamaya Resources Limited (in liq) v Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (A Firm) [2016] FCAFC 2; (2016) 332 ALR 199 Vale v Sutherland [2009] HCA 26; (2009) 237 CLR 638 Wren v Mahoney [1972] HCA 5; (1972) 126 CLR 212 Xu v Wan Ze Property Development (Aust) Pty Ltd (in liquidation) [2014] FCA 461