Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Colbran (Trustee) v Patten, in the matter of the Bankrupt Estate of Patten [2023] FCA 1370 File number: WAD 21 of 2023
Judgment of: FEUTRILL J
Date of judgment: 9 November 2023
Catchwords: BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY – application for vacant possession of real property under s 30(1)(b) of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) – where property vested in trustee in bankruptcy – whether bankrupts failed to aid the administration of the estate in accordance with s 77(1)(g) of the Bankruptcy Act
Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 30, 30(1)(b), 54, 58, 77, 77(1)(g), 132, 149
Cases cited: Horne (as trustee of the Bankrupt Estate of Sekulovski) v Sekulovski [2009] FCA 1164 Pattison v McKinnon [2008] FCA 1624 Vince (Trustee), in the matter of Sopikiotis (Bankrupt) v Sopikiotis (No 2) [2012] FCA 1298
Division: General Division
Registry: Western Australia
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: General and Personal Insolvency
Number of paragraphs: 23
Date of hearing: 20 October 2023
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr Yong Sheng Wee with Ms AER Causton
Solicitor for the Applicant: Jackson McDonald
Counsel for the Respondents: There was no appearance for the respondents
ORDERS WAD 21 of 2023 IN THE MATTER OF THE BANKRUPT ESTATE OF KEVIN JOHN PATTEN AND RATCHANI PATTEN
BETWEEN: JONATHON COLBRAN AS TRUSTEE OF THE BANKRUPT ESTATE OF KEVIN JOHN PATTEN AND RATCHANI PATTEN Applicant
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