Huynh v Helleh Holdings Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 1162

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Huynh v Helleh Holdings Pty Ltd [2001] NSWSC 1162 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2416/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 28 - 31 May, 1, 2 & 22 August 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 14 December 2001

Van Tri Huynh (P) PARTIES : Helleh Holdings Pty Limited (D1) Hong Ve Duong (D2) Scott Darren Pascoe (D3) JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J

C Harris (P) COUNSEL : No appearance (D1) B DeBuse (D2) Submitting appearance (D3) Maclarens (P) SOLICITORS : No representation (D1) Marsdens (D2) Kemp Strang (D3) CATCHWORDS : BANKRUPTCY [209] - Fraudulent disposition of property - Conveyancing Act 1919 s 37A - Proof of intent to defraud - Proof that alienation not to a purchaser in good faith not having notice of the intent to defraud - EVIDENCE [142] - Presumptions and weight and sufficiency of evidence - Generally - Credibility and weight - Party's failure to give or call evidence - Failure to call particular witnesses. Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 134 & 135 LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919 ss 37A(1) & (3) Statute 13 Eliz I c 5 Abignano v Wenkart (1998) 9 BPR 16,765 Cannane v J Cannane Pty Limited (In Liquidation) (1998) 192 CLR 557 Coghlan v Alexander (1905) 5 SR (NSW) 441 Earl of Chesterfield v Janssen (1751) 2 Ves Sen 125; 28 ER 82 Electrical Enterprises Pty Ltd v Rodgers (1989) 15 NSWLR 473 Ex parte Kirk (1745) 1 Atk 108; 26 ER 71 Glegg v Bromley [1912] 3 KB 474 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 CASES CITED : Lloyds Bank Ltd v Marcan [1973] 1 WLR 1387 McGregor v Fraser (1913) 32 NZLR 1325 Middleton v Pollock (1876) 2 ChD 104 O'Donnell v Reichard [1975] VR 916 Payne v Parker [1976] 1 NSWLR 191 Prosser v Edmonds (1835) 1 Y&C Ex 481; 160 ER 196 PT Garuda Indonesia Ltd v Grellman (1992) 35 FCR 515 Re Hyams; Official Receiver v Hyams (1970) 19 FLR 232 Re Johnson (1881) 20 ChD 389 Meagher, Gummow and Lehane "Equity Doctrines and Remedies" [1210] DECISION : Judgment for the second defendant.