Bell Construction Services P/L v Form-Kwip Building Services P/L [2001] NSWSC 73

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Bell Construction Services P/L v Form-Kwip Building Services P/L [2001] NSWSC 73 revised - 28/02/2001 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 4606/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 19/02/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 19 February 2001

In the matter of Bell Construction Services Pty Limited (ACN 070 106 955) PARTIES : Bell Construction Services Pty Limited (Plaintiff) Form-Kwip Building Services Pty Limited (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Santow J

COUNSEL : P Walsh (Plaintiff) J T Johnson (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Kacir Safi & Halligan (Plaintiff) Sally Nash & Co (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS — Application to set aside a statutory demand — Compliance with s459G of the Corporations Law — Unintended omissions from affidavit supporting application to set aside but no discrepancy between affidavit filed and affidavit served — Affidavit in support of application conforms to s459G(3) — Genuine dispute established. Corporations Law s459G LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Law Rules rule 2.4(2) Supreme Court Rules of Western Australia O37 r2(8) Callite Pty Ltd v Peter John Adams & 3 Ors [2001] NSWSC 52 (Santow J, 16 February 2001, unreported) CASES CITED : David Grant & Co Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation (1995) 184 CLR 265 Eyota Pty Limited v Hanave Pty Limited (1994) 12 ACSR 785 Robowash Pty Ltd v Robowash Finance Pty Ltd [2000] WASCA 409, (19 December 2000, unreported) DECISION : Application to set aside statutory demand succeeds.