Hill v Smithfield Service Centre [2002] NSWSC 999

Reported Decision : 43 ACSR 470 (2003) 21 ACLC 94

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Hill v Smithfield Service Centre [2002] NSWSC 999 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2808/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 21 October 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 October 2002

PARTIES : Rodney McKay Sutherland (A) Lemi Hill (aka Lambros Hilellis) (P/R) JUDGMENT OF : Austin J

COUNSEL : Mr F Gleeson (A) Mr G McDonald (P/R) SOLICITORS : Ernst & Young Law (A) Clinch Neville Long (P/R) CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS - winding up - examination summons - "eligible applicant" - whether eligible applicant authorised by ASIC continues to have standing if bankruptcy intervenes between authorisation and commencement of examination proceeding - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - abuse of process - whether plaintiff in examination proceeding abuses process by continuing after bankruptcy LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ss 9, 596A Cummings v Claremont Petroleum NL (1996) 185 CLR 124 Daemar v Industrial Commission of New South Wales (1988) 12 NSWLR 45 Fuller v Beach Petroleum NL (1993) 43 FCR 60 Heath v Tang [1993] 1 WLR 1421 CASES CITED : Karounos v Official Trustee (1988) 80 ALR 66 Re Burton; Wily v Burton (1994) 126 ALR 557 Re Excel Finance Corp Ltd (1994) 52 FCR 69 Re Network Welding Pty Ltd (in liq) (No 2) [2001] NSWSC 809 Re Scharrer; ex parte Tilly (1888) 20 QBD 518 Want v Moss (1889) 10 LR (NSW) 274 DECISION : Examination summons discharged