Lynette Susan Montgomery v Jason Porter [2021] NSWSC 1378

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lynette Susan Montgomery v Jason Porter [2021] NSWSC 1378 Hearing dates: 12 October 2021 Date of orders: 12 October 2021 Decision date: 27 October 2021 Jurisdiction: Equity - Expedition List Before: Sackar J Decision: See [14] and [39] Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE — Cross-vesting — Transfer to Federal Court — Special federal matter — Motion for an order under s 6(1) of the Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987 (NSW) to transfer Supreme Court and Federal Court proceedings back to the latter court — in circumstances where the proceedings engage the jurisdiction in bankruptcy within the meaning of s 27 of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) and therefore special federal matters arise Legislation Cited: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 27, 33, 129AA, 194, 306 Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39B(1A)(c) Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987 (Cth) ss 3-4, 6 Property (Relationships) Act 1984 (NSW) Cases Cited: Docherty v Porter, in the matter of Docherty (Bankrupt) [2021] FCA 1227 Fencott v Muller (1983) 152 CLR 570 Goodwin v Phillips (1908) 7 CLR 1 Henry v Hancock [2016] NSWSC 71 James & Ors v James (No. 2) [2019] NSWSC 116 Jiu Niu Investments Pty Ltd v Wang [2019] NSWSC 1697 Montgomery v Porter [2019] NSWSC 1524 Palmer v Ayres [2017] HCA 5; 259 CLR 478 Sallway and Newman in their capacity as liquidators of MB Australia Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) v Citadel Group Properties Pty Ltd [2021] NSWSC 709 Truthful Endeavour Pty Ltd v Condon (Trustee), in the matter of Rayhill (Bankrupt) [2015] FCAFC 70; 233 FCR 174 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Lynette Montgomery (plaintiff) Jason Porter and Anne Meagher (first defendant) James Docherty (second defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Baird (plaintiff) A Spencer (first defendant) M Castle (second defendant)