Austar Finance v Campbell [2007] NSWSC 1493

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Austar Finance v Campbell [2007] NSWSC 1493

HEARING DATE(S) : 12 December 2007

JUDGMENT DATE : 21 December 2007

JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : Austin J

DECISION : Application not properly served; proceedings dismissed.

CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS - winding up - statutory demand - application for orders setting aside - validity of service of application and supporting affidavit - supporting affidavit served by facsimile before filing - application transmitted by facsimile before filing and then in a broken facsimile after filing, not seen until outside the 21 day period - application also transmitted by email, not seen until after the 21 day period

Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth), ss 28A, 29 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 63 LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ss 5C, 109X, 459G Corporations Regulations, Form 509H Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, rules 10.5, 10.14, 10.20, 10.21

Australian Coastal Shipping Commission v Curtis Cruising Pty Ltd (1987) 17 NSWLR 735 Australian Securities Commission v Bank Leumi Le-Israel (Switzerland) (1996) 69 FCR 531 Bernuth Lines Ltd v High Seas Shipping Ltd [2006] 1 All ER (Comm) 359 CFC Corporation Pty Ltd v Lanier (Australia) Pty Ltd (1993) 11 ACSR 772 Condor Asset Management Ltd v Excelsior Eastern Ltd [2005] NSWSC 1139 David Grant & Co Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation (1995) 184 CLR 265 CASES CITED : Dwyer v Canon Australia Pty Ltd [2007] SASC 100 Harkness v Bell's Asbestos and Engineering Ltd [1967] 2 QB 729 Hastie & Jenkerson (a firm) v McMahon [1991] 1 All ER 255 Howship Holdings Pty Ltd v Leslie (1996) 41 NSWLR 542 NM Superannuation Pty Ltd v Hughes (1992) 27 NSWLR 26 Rochester Communications Group Pty Ltd v Lader Pty Ltd (1997) 143 ALR 648 Seventh Cameo Nominees Pty Ltd v Holdway Pty Ltd (Supreme Court of Victoria (unreported, Chernov J, 24 April 1998)