Gofur v Bangladesh Islamic Centre of NSW (BIC) [2020] NSWSC 652

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Gofur v Bangladesh Islamic Centre of NSW (BIC) [2020] NSWSC 652 Hearing dates: 18 May 2020 Decision date: 29 May 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity - Expedition List Before: Sackar J Decision: See [78]-[79], [90] Catchwords: ASSOCIATIONS & CLUBS — Meetings — Annual General Meeting and Election of Executive Council — Where meeting held outside of time prescribed by Constitution — Where notice provided "on behalf of" General Secretary rather than by General Secretary — Whether irregularities validated by s 1322(2) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) — Whether meeting and election should be validated under s 1322(4) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Legislation Cited: Associations Incorporations Act 2009 (NSW) Associations Incorporation Regulations 2016 (NSW) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Cases Cited: Chowdhury v Bangladesh Islamic Centre of NSW [2008] NSWSC 1073 Cordiant Communications (Australia) Pty Ltd v Communications Group Holdings Pty Ltd (2005) 55 ACSR 185 Elderslie Finance Corp Ltd v ASC (1993) 11 ACSR 157 R v Justices of Kent (1873) 1 L.R. 8 QB 305 Grahame v Cmr for Railways (1946) 46 SR(NSW) 430 Re Allied Resource Partners Pty Ltd; Atlas Holdings Pty Ltd (Trustee) v Allied Resource Partners Pty Ltd (2017) 122 ACSR 345 Super John Pty Ltd v Futuris Rural Pty Ltd (1999) 32 ACSR 398 Texts Cited: Austin & Black Annotations to the Corporations Act (LexisNexis, looseleaf) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Abdul Gofur (first plaintiff) Kabir Ahmed (second plaintiff) MD. Yunus Ali Mondal (third plaintiff) Dr Rashid Raashed (fourth plaintiff)