Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Mehajer v Weston in his capacity as Trustee of the Bankrupt Estate of Salim Mehajer [2020] FCA 924 File number: NSD 516 of 2020
Judge: RARES J
Date of judgment: 26 June 2020
Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 30, 58, 116, 134, Sch 2 ss 90-15, 90-20
Cases cited: Cummings v Claremont Petroleum NL (1996) 185 CLR 124 Di Cioccio v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2015) 229 FCR 1 Frost v Sheahan (2009) 6 ABC(NS) 786 Young v Thompson (2017) 253 FCR 191
Date of hearing: 26 June 2020
Registry: New South Wales
Division: General Division
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: General and Personal Insolvency
Category: No Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 32
Counsel for the Applicant: The applicant appeared for himself
Solicitor for the Respondent: Mr D Calabria of Bridges Lawyers
ORDERS NSD 516 of 2020
BETWEEN: SALIM MEHAJER Applicant
AND: PAUL GERARD WESTON IN HIS CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE OF THE BANKRUPT ESTATE OF SALIM MEHAJER Respondent
JUDGE: RARES J DATE OF ORDER: 26 JUNE 2020
THE COURT ORDERS THAT:
1. The application be dismissed. 2. The applicant pay the respondent's costs of the proceeding fixed at an amount of $5,000. 3. The respondent be released from his undertaking given on 13 May 2020 to retain the sum of $6,530 in a bank account pending the finalisation of the matter. Note: Entry of orders is dealt with in Rule 39.32 of the Federal Court Rules 2011.
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
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RARES J:
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