Roberts v Wayne Roberts Concrete Constructions Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 734

Reported Decision : 50 ACSR 204

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Roberts v Wayne Roberts Concrete Constructions Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 734 HEARING DATE(S) : 26/07/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 17 August 2004

JURISDICTION: Equity Division Corporations List JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J DECISION : Winding up application dismissed

CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS - winding up - debt owed by company to husband and wife as tenants in common in equal shares - statutory demand by wife alone - no application to set aside statutory demand - no claim for leave under s.459S - BANKRUPTCY - effect of bankruptcy of wife on debt owed to husband and wife jointly - whether annulment of bankruptcy possible after discharge - effect of annulment on interest in debt originally owed to husband and wife jointly - CORPORATIONS - winding up - proceedings by wife based on debt owed by company to husband and wife as tenants in common in equal shares - property proceedings pending in Family Court - husband and wife only shareholders of company - no other creditor supporting winding up application - husband not co-plaintiff - whether winding up proceedings abuse of process Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) ss.55, 149, 153, 153A, 154 LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s.459, Part 5.4 Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) s.79 Bailey v Johnson (1872) LR 7 Ex 263 Biron Capital Ltd v Velowing Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 1181 Braams Group Pty Ltd v Miric (2002) 44 ACSR 124 Cadiz Waterworks Co v Barnett (1874) LR 19 Eq 182 Cercle Restaurant Castiglione Co v Lavery (1881) 18 ChD 555 Coyle v Cassimatis [1994] 2 QdR 262 Daemar v Industrial Commission of New South Wales (No 2) (1990) 22 NSWLR 178 David Grant & Co Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation (1995) 184 CLR 265 Flower v The Mayor etc of the Borough of Lyme Regis [1921] 1 KB 488 Goman v Scope Data Systems Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 314 In re a Company [1894] 2 Ch 349 In re McKerrell; McKerrell v Gowans [1912] 2 Ch 648 In re Steel Wing Co Ltd [1921] 1 Ch 349 In the Marriage of Foda (1997) 21 Fam LR 653 Manzo v 555/255 Pitt Street Pty Ltd (1990) 21 NSWLR 1 Motum v Motum [1999] NSWSC 761 CASES CITED : Niger Merchants Company v Capper (1877) 18 ChD 557n Oates v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (1990) 27 FCR 289 Official Receiver v Todd (1986) 14 FCR 177 Pegler v Dale [1975] 1 NSWLR 265 Quinn v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (1996) 63 FCR 136 Re Francis; Ex parte Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (1988) 19 FCR 149 Re Hudson; Ex parte Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (1994) 50 FCR 281 Re Oates; Ex parte Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (1987) 17 FCR 402 Roy Morgan Research Centre Pty Ltd v Wilson Market Research Pty Ltd (1996) 20 ACSR 108 Russell v Scott (1936) 55 CLR 440 Sistrom v Uhr (1992) 40 FCR 550 Steeds v Steeds (1889) 22 QBD 537 Switz Pty Ltd v Glowbind Pty Ltd (2000) 48 NSWLR 661 Theissbacher v MacGregor Garrick & Co [1993] 2 QdR 223 Varawa v Howard Smith Co Ltd (1911) 13 CLR 35 Vucic v Belosevic [2003] SASC 296 Williams v Spautz (1992) 174 CLR 509 Leanne Roberts - Plaintiff PARTIES : Wayne Roberts Concrete Constructions Pty Limited - Defendant