Pearlburst Pty Ltd v Summers Resort Group Pty Ltd; Landmark Leisure Group Pty Ltd v Summers Resort Group Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1126

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Pearlburst Pty Ltd v Summers Resort Group Pty Ltd; Landmark Leisure Group Pty Ltd v Summers Resort Group Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1126 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S) : 08/10/07

JUDGMENT DATE : 11 October 2007

JURISDICTION : Equity Division Corporations List

JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J

DECISION : Order that originating process be dismissed; Order that plaintiff pay defendant's costs

CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS - winding up - application by plaintiff for order setting aside statutory demand - application by defendant for summary dismissal - where no affidavit in support of plaintiff's application both filed under s.459G(3)(a) and served under s.459G(3)(b) - where defendant had not proved service of statutory demand in any manner specified in s.109X - where statutory demand received by plaintiff, treated as statutory demand and acted upon

LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ss.109X(1)(a), 459E(3), 459G, 459H(1), 459J(1) Uniform Procedure Rules 2005, rules 13.4, 35.8

David Grant & Co Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation (1995) 184 CLR 265 Dwyer v Canon Australia Pty Ltd [2007] SASC 100 Emhill Pty Ltd v Bonsoc Pty Ltd (2004) 50 ACSR 305 CASES CITED : Howship Holdings Pty Ltd v Leslie (No 2) (1996) 41 NSWLR 542 Italiano v Carbone [2005] NSWSC 177 Northumbrian Ice Cream Co Ltd v Breakaway Vending Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 1216 Switz Pty Ltd v Glowbind Pty Ltd (2000) 48 NSWLR 661

Pearlburst Pty Ltd - Plaintiff PARTIES : Summers Resort Group Pty Ltd - Defendant Landmark Leisure Group Pty Ltd - Plaintiff Summers Resort Group Pty Ltd - Defendant