Total Entity Pty Limited (In Liquidation) [2003] NSWSC 924

Reported Decision : 47 ACSR 577

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Total Entity Pty Limited (In Liquidation) [2003] NSWSC 924 HEARING DATE(S) : 03/10/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 8 October 2003

JURISDICTION: Equity Division Corporations List JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J DECISION : Interlocutory process dismissed

CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS - winding up - liquidator's examination - order for production of documents - whether court has jurisdiction to set aside - whether oppressive - whether order should be set aside - whether confidentiality order should be made as to some documents - whether liquidator should be ordered to pay expenses in advance of production Corporations Act 2001 (Cth); ss.596A, 596B, 597B LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act Rules, rules 1.10, 11.1, 11.5 Supreme Court Rules, Part 36 rule 12 Re Allstate Explorations NL (2003) 46 ACSR 379 Re BPTC Ltd (1993) 10 ACSR 756 Re Chircan Holdings Pty Ltd (2002) 21 ACLC 29 Damieletto v Khera (1995) 35 NSWLR 684 David Grant & Co Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation (1995) 184 CLR 265 CASES CITED : Re Equiticorp Finance Ltd; Ex parte Brock (No 2) (1992) 27 NSWLR 391 Re Global Medical Imaging Management Pty Ltd (2001) 38 ACSR 214 Re Imobridge Pty Ltd [1999] 1 QdR 38 Re Kempal Pty Ltd (1989) 17 NSWLR 550 Re Leisure Developments Pty Ltd (2002) 41 ACSR 276 Sherlock and Vanguard Pty Ltd v Permanent Trustee Australia Ltd (1996) 22 ACSR 16 Re South Pacific Entities Trading Pty Ltd (1996) 40 NSWLR 264 PARTIES : Total Entity Pty Limited (In Liquidation) - Plaintiff Natalie Tszyu and John Papaspiros - Applicants FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 4191/03 COUNSEL : Mr M.J. Cohen - Plaintiff Mr R. Alkadamani - Applicants SOLICITORS : Watson Mangioni - Plaintiff John Ajaka - Applicants