Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Trafford-Jones v Liu, in the matter of the bankrupt estate of Liu [2024] FCA 998 File number(s): NSD 1437 of 2023
Judgment of: CHEESEMAN J
Date of judgment: 2 September 2024
Date of publication of reasons: 6 September 2024
Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for freezing and ancillary orders against third parties pursuant to s 23 of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) and r 7.32 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) – where bankrupts' major creditors are judgment creditors – where trustees' investigations are ongoing – where bankrupts' disclosure of property dealings incomplete – where trustees gave undertakings to the Court as to damages and to commence proceedings within two months – whether orders ought be made for the purpose of preventing the frustration or inhibition of the Court's process by seeking to meet a danger that a judgment or prospective judgment of the Court will be wholly or partly unsatisfied – Held: application granted
Legislation: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) s 58(1) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 23 Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 7.32, 7.33, 7.34, 7.35, 7.36
Cases cited: BCI Finances Pty Ltd (in liq) v Binetter (No 3) [2015] FCA 1336 BGC Australia Pty Ltd v Minspec Pty Ltd [2015] WASC 134 Blatch v Archer (1774) 1 Cowp 63; 98 ER 969 Blue Mirror Pty Ltd v Pegasus Australia Developments Pty Ltd [2021] NSWSC 961 Cardile v LED Builders Pty Ltd [1999] HCA 18; 198 CLR 380 Channel Tunnel Group Ltd v Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd [1993] AC 334 Curtis v NID Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 1072 Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Huang [2021] HCA 43; 273 CLR 429 Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Hua Wang Bank Berhad [2010] FCA 1014; 273ALR 194 El-Debel v Micheletto (Trustee) [2021] FCAFC 117 Frigger v Trenfield (No 7) [2020] FCA 1740 Haiye Developments Pty Ltd v The Commercial Business Centre Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 937 Haiye Developments Pty Ltd v The Commercial Business Centre Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 732 Jackson v Sterling Industries Ltd [1987] HCA 23; 162 CLR 612 Jones v Dunkel [1959] HCA 9; 101 CLR 298 JSC Mezhdunarodniy Promyshlenniy Bank v Pugachev [2015] EWCA Civ 139; 2 All ER (Comm) 816 Lewis v Condon [2013] NSWCA 204 Matson v Attorney-General (Cth) [2021] FCA 161 Mercantile Group (Europe) AG v Aiyela [1994] QB 366 Ninemia Maritime Corp v Trave Schiffahrtsgesselschaft mbH & Co KG (The Niedersachsen) [1983] Com LR 234 Parbery v QNI Metals Pty Ltd [2018] QSC 107; 358 ALR 88 Patterson v BTR Engineering (Aust) Ltd (1989) 18 NSWLR 319 Perdaman Chemicals & Fertilisers Pty Ltd v Griffin Coal Mining Company Pty Ltd [2011] WASC 188 PT Bayan Resources v BCBC Singapore [2015] HCA 36; 258 CLR 1 Royal Express Pty Ltd (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (Administrator Appointed) v Huang, in the matter of Royal Express Pty Ltd [2021] FCA 585 Shercliffe v Engadine Acceptance Corporation Pty Ltd [1978] 1 NSWLR 729 Skyworks NSW Pty Ltd v 32 Drummoyne Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 343 Warner-Lambert Company LLC v Apotex Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 59; 311 ALR 632
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