KEITH WILLIAM SKINNER v JEOGLA PTY LTD & ORS [2001] NSWCA 15

Reported Decision : (2001) 37 ACSR 106 (2001) 19 ACLC 1163

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : KEITH WILLIAM SKINNER v JEOGLA PTY LTD & ORS [2001] NSWCA 15 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40517/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 6 February 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 20 February 2001

Keith William Skinner (Appellant) Jeogla Pty Limited (First Respondent) PARTIES : Richard Bruce Arundell Wright (Second Respondent) Barbara Ann Wright (Third Respondent) Bald Hills Pty Limited (Fourth Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Spigelman CJ at 1; Powell JA at 54; Ipp AJA at 57

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Equity Division LOWER COURT ED 50219/98 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Einstein J JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : B Coles QC / R Webb (Appellant) D Officer QC / J Stephenson (Second and Third Respondents) SOLICITORS : (D R Hilliard) Tress Cocks & Maddox (Appellant) Pro bono (Second and Third Respondents) CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS LAW - company in liquidation - appeal by receiver - leave to proceed refused - Corporations Law s471B, s420A - Supreme Court Act 1970, s101(2)(c) Corporations Law Companies Act 1862 (UK) LEGISLATION CITED : Companies Act 1955 (NZ) Receiverships Act 1993 (NZ) Companies Code 1981 Supreme Court Act 1970 Acton Engineering Pty Ltd v Campbell (1991) 31 FCR 1 Australian Securities Commission v Marlborough Gold Mines Limited (1993) 177 CLR 485 BPM Pty Ltd v HPM Pty Ltd (1996) 14 ACLC 857 Humber & Co. v John Griffiths Cycle Company (1901) 85 LT 141 CASES CITED: In re International Pulp and Paper Company (1876) 3 Ch D 594 Pasdale Pty Ltd v Concrete Constructions (1995) 59 FCR 446 Simoon Pty Ltd v Renbay Systems Pty Ltd (1995) 13 ACLC 1,792 Spencer v The Commonwealth (1907) 5 CLR 418 Vagrand Pty Ltd (In liquidation) v Fielding (1993) 41 FCR 550 DECISION : Leave to proceed with the appeal refused; Proceedings dismissed; The Appellant to pay the Respondents' costs incurred after 31 October 2000.