National Telecoms Group Ltd v Bulldogs Rugby League Club Ltd [2003] NSWSC 654

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : National Telecoms Group Ltd v Bulldogs Rugby League Club Ltd [2003] NSWSC 654 revised - 28/07/2003 HEARING DATE(S) : 18/07/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 24 July 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Gzell J DECISION : Statutory demand set aside with costs.

CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS - Winding Up - Statutory Demand - Whether mediation provision would ground a stay of proceedings to recover a debt - Whether a claim to a debt subject to a stay can ground a statutory demand - Sponsorship of football club - Whether genuine dispute as to implied terms that NRL salary cap rules would be obeyed and plaintiff had right of refusal to work on defendant's Oasis Project LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Mibor Investments Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [1994] 2 VR 290 Eyota Pty Ltd v Hanave Pty Ltd (1994) 12 ACSR 785 Scanhill Pty Ltd v Century 21 Australasia Pty Ltd (1993) 47 FCR 451 Chadwick Industries (South Coast) Pty Ltd v Condensing Vaporisers Pty Ltd (1994) 13 ACSR 37 CASES CITED : Rohalo Pharmaceutical Pty Ltd v R P Scherer SpA (1994) 15 ACSR 347 Re Elgar Heights Pty Ltd [1985] VR 657 Hooper Bailie Associated Ltd v Natcon Group Pty Ltd (1992) 28 NSWLR 194 Southern Cross Interiors Pty Ltd (in liq) v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (2001) 53 NSWLR 213 Heyman v Darwins Ltd [1942] AC 356 BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 180 CLR 266 PARTIES : National Telecoms Group Ltd v Bulldogs Rugby League Club Ltd - Plaintiff/Applicant Bulldogs Rugby League Club Ltd - Defendant/Respondent FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1879/03 COUNSEL : R Alkadamani - Plaintiff/Applicant APP Lo Surdo - Defendant/Respondent SOLICITORS : John Ajaka Solicitor Phillips Fox Lawyers