Chief Disruption Officer Pty Ltd as Trustee for the McDonald Family Trust v Michel, in the matter of Laava ID Pty Ltd (No 4) [2023] FCA 25

Federal Court of Australia

Chief Disruption Officer Pty Ltd as Trustee for the McDonald Family Trust v Michel, in the matter of Laava ID Pty Ltd (No 4) [2023] FCA 25 File number(s): NSD 1153 of 2021

Judgment of: GOODMAN J

Date of judgment: 30 January 2023

Catchwords: CORPORATIONS – discretion to grant relief from oppressive conduct – relevant principles – limited relief granted

Legislation: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ss 232, 233

Cases cited: Campbell v Backoffice Investments Pty Ltd [2009] HCA 25; (2009) 238 CLR 304 Chief Disruption Officer Pty Ltd as Trustee for the McDonald Family Trust v Michel, in the matter of Laava ID Pty Ltd (No 3) [2022] FCA 1302 Fedorovitch v St Aubins Pty Ltd (No 2) [1999] NSWSC 776; (1999) 17 ACLC 1558 Fexuto Pty Ltd v Bosnjak Holdings Pty Ltd [1998] NSWSC 413; (1998) 28 ACSR 688 Fexuto Pty Ltd v Bosnjak Holdings Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 97; (2001) 37 ACSR 672 In the matter of Anna Bay Resort Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 331 Jenkins v Enterprise Gold Mines NL (1992) 6 ACSR 539 Kizquari Pty Ltd v Prestoo Pty Ltd (1993) 10 ACSR 606 Muschinski v Dodds [1985] HCA 78; (1985) 160 CLR 583 Noble Investments Pty Ltd v Southern Cross Exploration NL [2008] FCA 1963; (2008) 174 FCR 301 Re Enterprise Gold Mines NL (1991) 3 ACSR 531 Re North Coast Transit Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 1119 Sandy v Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC (No 4) [2018] WASC 124; (2018) 126 ACSR 370 Shanahan v Jatese Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 1088 Slea Pty Ltd v Connective Services Pty Ltd (No 9) [2022] VSC 136 Smith Martis Cork & Rajan Pty Ltd v Benjamin Corp Pty Ltd [2004] FCAFC 153; (2004) 207 ALR 136 Szencorp Pty Ltd v Clean Energy Council Ltd [2009] FCA 40; (2009) 69 ACSR 365 Tomanovic v Argyle HQ Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 152 Tomanovic v Global Mortgage Equity Corp Pty Ltd [2011] NSWCA 104; (2011) 288 ALR 310 Zong v Lin [2022] NSWCA 136