Sayer-Jones v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy, in the matter of Sayer-Jones [2022] FCA 1199

Federal Court of Australia

Sayer-Jones v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy, in the matter of Sayer-Jones [2022] FCA 1199 File number: NSD 315 of 2022

Judgment of: RAPER J

Date of judgment: 7 October 2022

Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY – annulment – application for annulment of bankruptcy – where bankruptcy founded on debtor's petitions – where the applicant relied on no evidence of his own as to the state of his affairs – application for annulment dismissed

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for suppression of the applicant's name – whether the use of a pseudonym is necessary to prevent prejudice to the proper administration of justice – application refused

Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 55, 55(3), 57A, 58(1)(b), 58(3), 73, 74, 116, 120, 121, 121A, 122, 127, 139P, 149, 149(4), 153B, 153B(1), 269 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 17(1), 37AE, 37AF, 37AG, 37AG(2) Federal Court (Bankruptcy) Rules 2016 (Cth) r 7.03 Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) s 9

Cases cited: Amihyia v Official Receiver [2004] EWHC 2617 (Ch) Beaman v Bond [2017] FCAFC 142; 254 FCR 480 Boles v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [2001] FCA 639; 183 ALR 239 Bulic v Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd [2007] FCA 307; 5 ABC(NS) 122 Clyne v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation [1985] FCA 4; 5 FCR 1 Clyne v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (No 3) [1984] HCA 44; 154 CLR 589 Darcey v Pre-term Foundation (unreported, Fox, Wilcox and French JJ, 23 May 1988) Einfield v The Queen [2010] NSWCCA 87; 200 A Crim R 1 G v The Queen (1984) 35 SASR 349 In Re Betts; Ex p Betts [1897] 1 QB 50 In re Field (A Debtor) [1978] Ch 371 In re Thulin [1995] 1 WLR 165, Ch D JSC Bank of Moscow v Kekhman [2015] EWHC 396 (Ch); 1 WLR 3737 Maddestra v Penfolds Wines Pty Ltd [1993] FCA 586; 44 FCR 303 Ogawa (formerly Ms PD) v President of the Australian Human Rights Commission (Pseudonym) [2022] FCAFC 160 R v Taufahema [2007] HCA 11; 228 CLR 232 Radich, v Bank of New Zealand [1993] FCA 627; 45 FCR 101 Re Abbas; Ex Parte Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [1995] FCA 337; 57 FCR 140 Re Almassy [1999] FCA 1004; 92 FCR 597 Re Coote [1993] FCA 949; 47 FCR 522 Re Coyle [1993] FCA 244; 42 FCR 72 Re Goddard (unreported, Pincus J, 14 November 1986) Re Gollan; Ex parte Gollan [1992] FCA 1044; 40 FCR 384 Re Gray; Ex parte Deputy Commissioner of Taxation [1989] FCA 343; 20 ATR 1017 Re Heenan; Ex parte Collins (trading as Hertz Carnarvon Auto Rentals) [1992] FCA 855; 39 FCR 428 Re McCormack (unreported, Pincus J, 6 April 1990) Re Papps; Ex parte Tapp [1997] FCA 1031; 78 FCR 524 Re Somers; Ex p Union Creditor Bank Ltd (1897) 4 Mans 227 Thompson v Lane (Trustee) (No 3) [2022] FCA 128 Walton v ACN 004 410 833 Ltd (formerly Arrium Limited) (in liq) [2022] HCA 3; 399 ALR 1 Williams v Spautz [1992] HCA 34; 174 CLR 509