Langdon v Gruber [2001] NSWSC 276

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Langdon v Gruber [2001] NSWSC 276 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2434/96 HEARING DATE(S) : 27, 28 April, 1 June, 17 August 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 April 2001

Robin Langdon (P) PARTIES : Gudrun Erdmute Filicitas Gruber (D1) James Otto Gruber (D2) JUDGMENT OF : Austin J

C A Needham SC with T J Morahan (P) COUNSEL : J Millar (D1) In Person (D2) SOLICITORS : Clinch Neville Long (P) Colin Daly Quinn (D1) CATCHWORDS : REAL PROPERTY - alienation of property with intent to defraud creditors - meaning of 'intent to defraud' - meaning of 'creditors' - meaning of 'purchaser' - whether transferee had notice of intent to defeat creditors - appropriate orders, when transfer effected by Local Court consent orders Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) ss 7, 37A LEGISLATION CITED : Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss 40, 121 Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) ss 46(1), 79 Local Court (Civil Claims) Act 1970 (NSW) s 69 Barton v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (Cth) (1974) 131 CLR 370 Cadogan v Kennett (1776) 2 Cowp 434, [98 ER 1171] Cannane v J Cannane Pty Ltd (In Liq) (1998) 192 CLR 557 Freeman v Pope (1870) 5 Ch App 538 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Koop v Smith (1915) 25 DLR 355 Laurentian Bank of Canada v Glover (Ontario High Court, unreported, 28 July 1998 CASES CITED : P T Garuda Indonesia Ltd v Grellman (1992) 35 FCR 515 Patterson v BTR Engineering (Aust) Ltd (Court of Appeal of New South Wales, unreported, 7 December 1989) Re Baxter; ex parte The Official Receiver (1986) 10 FCR 398 Re Trautwein (1944) 14 ABC 61 Rickards v Attorney-General (1844) 12 Cl&F 42, [8 ER 1306] Silvera v Savic (1999) 46 NSWLR 124 SS Pharmaceutical Co Ltd v Qantas Airways Ltd [1991] 1 Lloyd's Rep 288 Williams v Lloyd (1934) 50 CLR 341 DECISION : See last four paragraphs