Lo Pilato (Trustee), in the matter of Ghougassian (Bankrupt) v Ghougassian (No 2) [2022] FCA 1531

Federal Court of Australia

Lo Pilato (Trustee), in the matter of Ghougassian (Bankrupt) v Ghougassian (No 2) [2022] FCA 1531 File numbers: NSD 116 of 2022 NSD 117 of 2022

Judgment of: MARKOVIC J

Date of judgment: 6 December 2022

Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for adjournment – whether the applicant's late filing of material caused prejudice to the respondent – whether late provision of a court book caused prejudice to the respondent – whether provision of an electronic court book caused prejudice to the respondent – whether delay in obtaining subpoenaed material caused prejudice to the respondent – application dismissed PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for adjournment – where court book contains material which had not previously been notified to the respondents – where the proceeding had been set down for hearing with an estimate of half a day and a significant amount of that time was used to hear the adjournment application – application granted

Division: General Division

Registry: New South Wales

National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations

Sub-area: Corporations and Corporate Insolvency

Number of paragraphs: 19

Date of hearing: 6 December 2022

Counsel for the Applicant: Mr A Spencer

Solicitor for the Applicant: Matthews Folbigg Lawyers

Counsel for the Respondent: Mr P.E King

Solicitor for the Respondent: Robert Balzola And Associates

ORDERS NSD 116 of 2022

BETWEEN: THE TRUSTEE OF THE PROPERTY OF DANIEL GHOUGASSIAN, A BANKRUPT Applicant

AND: DANIEL GHOUGASSIAN Respondent

order made by: MARKOVIC J DATE OF ORDER: 6 december 2022