Re Jay-O-Bees; Rosseau v Jay-O-Bees [2004] NSWSC 818

Reported Decision : 50 ACSR 565

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Re Jay-O-Bees; Rosseau v Jay-O-Bees [2004] NSWSC 818 HEARING DATE(S) : 27 May 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 September 2004 JURISDICTION: Equity JUDGMENT OF : Campbell J DECISION : Paragraphs of interlocutory process, filed in winding up proceedings, which named company as a respondent, sought declaration of construction of contract, sought rectification of contract, and sought leave to proceed against company, struck out.

CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS - winding up - proof of debt - appeal against rejection of proof of debt - matters which court can take into consideration in determining appeal - procedure to be followed on such appeal - CORPORATIONS - winding up - winding up by the Court - proper scope of interlocutory process filed in winding up proceedings - PROCEDURE - Supreme Court procedure - relationship between relief sought by an interlocutory process, and relief sought by principal proceedings - EQUITY - rectification - whether available against a company after company has been ordered to be wound up Corporations Act 2001 Corporations Law LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Regulations Industrial Relations Act 1996 Supreme Court (Corporations) Rules 1999 Supreme Court Act 1970 Ansett Transport Industries (Operations) Pty Limited v The Commonwealth of Australia (1977) 139 CLR 54 In re Armstrong Whitworth Securities Company, Limited [1947] 1 Ch 673 In re Ashpurton Estates Ltd [1983] Ch 110 Re Autolook Pty Ltd (1983) 1 ACLC 1211 Ayerst (Inspector of Taxes) v C & K (Construction) Ltd [1976] AC 167 Baird v BCE Holdings Pty Limited (1996) 40 NSWLR 374 Bloomenthal v Ford [1897] AC 156 Bosaid v Andry [1963] VR 465 Re Brown; 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Ex parte Chatterton [1907] 1 KB 155 In re Van Laun; Ex parte Chatterton [1907] 2 KB 23 Vector Capital Ltd v SNS Software Network Systems Pty Ltd (1988) 12 NSWLR 1 Webb Distributors (Aust) Pty Ltd v The State of Victoria (1993) 179 CLR 15 Westpac Banking Corporation v Totterdell (1998) 17 ACLC 317 Wight v Eckhardt Marine GmbH [2003] UKPC 37; [2004] 1 AC 147 Wongala Holdings Pty Limited v Mulinglebar Pty Ltd (1994) 6 BPR 13,527 Rosseau Pty Limited (in liquidation) - Plaintiff PARTIES : Jay-O-Bees Pty Limited (in liquidation) - Defendant Kenneth J Rennie as Liquidator of Jay-O-Bees Pty Limited (in liquidation) - Applicant Rosseau Pty Limited (in liquidation) - Respondent FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3765/98 COUNSEL : C D Wood - Applicant K Rees - Respondent SOLICITORS : Hugh & Associates - Applicant Deacons - Respondent