Re Aura Commercial Interiors [2002] NSWSC 380

Reported Decision : (2002) 20 ACLC 904

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Re Aura Commercial Interiors [2002] NSWSC 380 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2275/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 19/04/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 April 2002

John Howard Mann - First Plaintiff Aura Commercial Interiors Pty Limited (subject to deed of company arrangement) - Second Plaintiff Graham Holdaway - First Defendant PARTIES : James Desmond Dockery - Second Defendant Aura Project Interiors Pty Limited - Third Defendant Penndove Pty Limited - Fourth Defendant Geoffrey Victor James Gage - Fifth Defendant JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J

COUNSEL : Mr B.A.J. Coles QC/Mr M. Ashhurst - First Plaintiff (Deed Administrator) SOLICITORS : Deacons - First Plaintiff (Deed Administrator) CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS - winding up - deadline for applications by liquidator challenging voidable transactions - no liquidator yet appointed - application by administrator under deed of company arrangement for extension of time within which any future liquidator may seek extension of such deadline LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Re Abel Equipment Pty Ltd (1978) 3 ACLR 741 Australasian Memory Pty Ltd v Brien (2000) 200 CLR 270 Brown v DML Resources Pty Ltd (No 2) (2001) 52 NSWLR 685 CASES CITED : Brown v DML Resources Pty Ltd (No 6) (2002) 40 ACSR 669 David Grant Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation (1995) 184 CLR 265 Re J & E Holdings Pty Ltd (1995) 36 NSWLR 541 Star v National Australia Bank Ltd (1999) 30 ACSR 583 DECISION : Order extending time