BYRNES v BURGESS & ANOR [1999] NSWSC 419

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : BYRNES v BURGESS & ANOR [1999] NSWSC 419 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Civil FILE NUMBER(S) : 11481/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 8 April 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 May 1999

James Warren Byrnes (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Damien Burgess (First Defendant) Patricia Staunton (Second Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Adams J at 1

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Local Court LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Staunton S M

COUNSEL : Mr W Baffsky (Plaintiff) Mr G A Farmer (Defendant) Martin Ricci (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Commonwealth DPP (First Defendant) I V Knight, Crown Solicitor (Second Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Bankrupt failing to disclose bankruptcy; Bankruptcy Act ss 269(1)(ac), 269(1)(ad); meaning of "obtain goods"; attempt to obtain goods; whether established when goods can be obtained only when purchase price paid; rendering services; whether alone; significance of involvement of company ACTS CITED : Bankruptcy Act 1966 R v Petronius-Kuff [1983] 3 NSWLR 178 at 181 R v Arnold (1883) 4 LR NSW) 347 R v Mohan [1976] QB1 DPP v Stonehouse [1978] AC 55 Giorgianni v The Queen (1985) 156 CLR 473 Trade Practices Commission v Tubemakers of Australia Limited (1983) 47 ALR 719 at 737 CASES CITED : Trade Practices Commission v Mobil Oil Limited (1984) 55 ALR 527 Mai & Tran (1992) 60 A Crim R 49 at 59 Maharaj (1995) 85 A Crim R 374 at 380 R v Goodall (1975) 11 SASR 94 Hamilton v Whitehead (1988) 166 CLR 121 Denis Wilcox Pty Limited v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1988) 79 ALR 267 Pioneer Concrete Services Pty Limited v Yelnah Pty Limited (1986) 11 ACLR 108 DECISION : Conviction quashed.