Polstar Pty Ltd v Agnew [2007] NSWSC 114

Reported Decision : 208 FLR 226 (2007) 25 ACLC 293

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Polstar Pty Ltd v Agnew [2007] NSWSC 114

HEARING DATE(S) : 14/02/07

JUDGMENT DATE : 22 February 2007

JURISDICTION : Equity Division Corporations List

JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J

DECISION : Statutory demand set aside. Defendant to pay plaintiff's costs.

CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS - winding up - winding up in insolvency - statutory demand - application to set aside - whether demand sent by post to post office box was served - applicability of s.109X of Corporations Act and s.28A of Acts Interpretation Act - meaning of "office" - whether post office box may be means of access to office - informal service arising from actual receipt - whether person serving statutory demand aware of genuine dispute at time of service - whether abuse of process - whether "some other reason" to set aside under s.459J(1)(b)

LEGISLATION CITED : Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth), ss.28A, 29 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ss.5C, 109X, 119, 144(1), 143(1), 143(2)(a), 144(2), 145(1), 459E(3)(a), 459G, 459H(2), 459H(4)(b), 459J(1)(a), 459J(1)(b),

Arcade Badge Embroidery Co Pty Ltd v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (2005) 157 ACTR 22 Croker v Ewen [2000] NSWCA 186 David Grant & Co Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation (1995) 184 CLR 265 Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Ikin (2006) 61 ATR 706 Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Keck (2006) 63 ATR 310 Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Nercessian [2006] ATC 4693 Emhill Pty Ltd v Bonsoc Pty Ltd (2004) 50 ACSR 305 Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Perpetual Trustee WA Ltd (1997) 80 FCR 296 First State Computing Pty Ltd v Kyling (1995) 13 ACLC 939 Hoare Bros Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (1996) 62 FCR 302 CASES CITED : Howship Holdings Pty Ltd v Leslie (1996) 41 NSWLR 542 Italiano v Carbone [2005] NSWCA 177 Ketrim Pty Ltd v AS&L Pty Ltd (2004) 214 ALR 206 KW & KM Quinn Investments Pty Ltd v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation [2004] QCA 91 Lane Cove Council v Geebung Polo Club Pty Ltd (No 2) (2002) 167 FLR 175 Macrae v St Margaret's Hospital (1999) 19 NSWCCR 1 Meehan v Glazier Holdings Pty Ltd (2005) 53 ACSR 229 Quitstar Pty Ltd v Cooline Pacific Pty Ltd (2002) 168 FLR 213 Sarikaya v Victorian Workcover Authority (1997) 80 FCR 262 Spencer Constructions Pty Ltd v G & M Aldridge Pty Ltd (1997) 76 FCR 452 Wesfarmers Kleenheat Gas Pty Ltd v Elgammal [2006] NSWSC 1248