South Coast Aboriginal Cultural Centre Ltd v Commonwealth of Australia [2008] NSWSC 1000

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : South Coast Aboriginal Cultural Centre Ltd v Commonwealth of Australia [2008] NSWSC 1000

HEARING DATE(S) : 22/09/08

JUDGMENT DATE : 23 September 2008

JURISDICTION : Equity Division Corporations List

JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J

DECISION : Application for order setting aside statutory demand dismissed with costs.

CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS - winding up - statutory demand - whether genuine dispute as to existence of debt - where debt said to arise by operation of statute - whether conditions prescribed by statute for imposition of payment condition satisfied - plaintiff fails to show plausible contention that conditions not satisfied - extent to which question of statutory construction should be determined upon an application of this kind

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1987 (Cth), ss 20(1), 20(2) LEGISLATION CITED : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Amendment Act 2005 (Cth), Part 3 of Schedule 1, Items 1991, 199(2), 213 Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ss 459G, 459H(1)(a) Real Property Act 1900, ss 74F, 74J, 74K

CATEGORY : Principal judgment

Circuit Finance Pty Ltd v Crown & Gleeson Securities Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 997; (2005) NSW ConvR 56-143 Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Broadbeach Properties Pty Ltd [2003] HCA 41 Duthie v Smith (1992) 83 NTR 21 CASES CITED : Eyota Pty Ltd v Hanave Pty Ltd (1994) 12 ACSR 785 Hanson Construction Materials Pty Ltd v Vimwise Civil Engineering Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 880; (2005) NSW ConvR 56-137 Maynard v O'Brien (1991) 78 NTR 16 Wellnora Pty Ltd v Fiorentino [2008] NSWSC 483; (2008) 66 ACSR 229