NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 40 ACSR 303 53 NSWLR 687
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : CONTINENTAL VENTURE CAPITAL LTD & ORS v AMANN AVIATION PTY LTD (IN LIQ) & ORS [2001] NSWCA 476 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40016/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 15 October 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 14 December 2001
PARTIES : CONTINENTAL VENTURE CAPITAL LTD & ORS v AMANN AVIATION PTY LTD (IN LIQ) & ORS JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Mason P at 4; Sheller JA at 66
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court LOWER COURT 1897/96 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Hodgson CJ in Eq JUDICIAL OFFICER :
Appellants: R G McHugh COUNSEL : Respondents: S D Robb QC/ M A Jones/ J R Clarke Attorney General (Intervening): M J Leeming/ T Catanzariti Appellants: Henry Davis York SOLICITORS : Respondents: Nash O'Neill Tomko Lawyers Attorney General: Crown Solicitor's Office CATCHWORDS : Jurisdiction - Cross-vesting scheme - Re Wakim - whether proceedings in Supreme Court fatally flawed because dependent on orders made by Federal Court without jurisdiction - Re Macks - Ex parte Saint - State Jurisdiction Act - "ineffective judgment" - statute creates its own rights, liabilities, obligations, status - whether Supreme Court proceedings a contempt of High Court prohibition - Acton Engineering Pty Ltd v Campbell. (D) Corporations (New South Wales) Act 1990 (NSW) s42(3) LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 1989 (Cth) s56(2) Federal Courts (State Jurisdiction) Act 1999 (NSW) Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) Re Wakim; Ex parte McNally and Anor. Re Wakim; Ex parte Darval. Re Brown and Ors; Ex parte Amann and Anor. Spinks & Ors V Prentice (1999) 198 CLR 511 Acton Engineering Pty Ltd v Campbell (1991) 31 FCR 1 CASES CITED: Re Macks; Ex parte Saint [2000] HCA 62 Residual Assco Group Ltd v Spalvins (2000) 202 CLR 629 Australian Solar Mesh Sales Pty Ltd v Anderson (2000) 101 FCR 1 Ex parte Sumampow & Anor; Re the Hon Justice Neville John Owen & Ors (2001) 183 ALR 372 DECISION : Appeal dismissed with costs.
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