JML Constructions Pty Limited v Raymond Terrace Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Pty Limited [2000] NSWSC 29

Reported Decision : [2000] 33 ACSR 669

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : JML Constructions Pty Limited v Raymond Terrace Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Pty Limited [2000] NSWSC 29 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2447/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 25/10/1999, 03/11/1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 February 2000

PARTIES : JML Constructions Pty Limited (ACN 003 968 269) (Appellant/Plaintiff) Raymond Terrace Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Pty Limited (ACN 072 316 280) (Respondent/Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Santow J

COUNSEL : J Smith (Appellant/Plaintiff) P Braham (Respondent/Defendant) SOLICITORS : Patey & Murphy (by their City Agents DH Dwyer Forbes & Yeo) (Appellant/Plaintiff) J J Woodward & Co (by their City Agents Parish Patience) (Respondent/Defendant) CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS — Winding up — Statutory demand — Offsetting claims genuinely disputed Principles applicable to appeals from Master in relation to s459G determinations. LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Law s459G, s459H Supreme Court Act s75A Abalos v Australian Postal Commission (1990) 171 CLR 167 Do Carmo v Ford Excavations Pty Limited [1981] 1 NSWLR 409 Eyota Pty Ltd v Hanave Pty Ltd (1994) 12 ACSR 785 CASES CITED : Golosky v Golosky (NSWCA, 5 October 1993, unreported) Singer v Berghouse (1994) 181 CLR 201 State Rail Authority of NSW v Earthline Constructions Pty Ltd (in Liq) (1999) 75 ALJR 306 Warren v Coombes (1979) 142 CLR 531 DECISION : Reduce statutory demand but not set it aside - appeal partially allowed.