NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 72 NSWLR 597
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Allen v Feather Products Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 259
HEARING DATE(S) : 17/03/08
JUDGMENT DATE : 27 March 2008
JURISDICTION : Equity Division Corporations List
JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J
DECISION : Pooling order refused
CATCHWORDS : CORPORATIONS - winding up - "pooling" under new statutory provisions - what constitutes "group" of companies - whether condition prescribed by s 579E(1)(b) satisfied - whether business carried on "jointly" - requirement that every company's winding up commence after 31 December 2007 not satisfied - whether that requirement amounts to "association" to be ignored under s 579N - WORDS AND PHRASES - "jointly" - "to avoid doubt"
LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), Part 5.3A, ss 9, 439C, 513B(b), 571(1), 579E, 579N, 579P, 1479, 1480(20) Corporations Amendment (Insolvency) Act 2007 (Cth)
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Luke v South Kensington Hotel Co (1879) 11 Ch D 121 McAuliffe v The Queen [1995] HCA 37; (1995) 183 CLR 108 CASES CITED : National Football League v North American Soccer League 459 US 1074 (1982) News Ltd v Australian Rugby Football League Ltd [1996] FCA 1256; (1996) 64 FCR 410 Re The Black Stump Enterprises Ltd [2005] NSWCA 480; (2005) 228 ALR 591 Sanpine Pty Ltd v Koompahtoo Local Aboriginal Land Council [2006] NSWCA 291
Brian Hugh Allen and Peter George Burton - Plaintiffs PARTIES : Feather Products Pty Ltd and Snuggle Pty Ltd - First and Second Defendants Australian Securities and Investments Commission - Third Defendant
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