NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Morkaya v Parkinson; Parkinson v Morkaya [2010] NSWSC 1194
HEARING DATE(S) : 2 September 2010 JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 2 September 2010
DECISION : Proceedings by and against bankrupt stayed, with liberty to apply to vacate the stays upon certain relevant changes of circumstances.
CATCHWORDS : BANKRUPTCY – Administration of property – Provable debts – s 58(3) – whether court has jurisdiction to grant leave under s 58(3) of the (CTH) Bankruptcy Act 1966 for a party to pursue a claim against a bankrupt – if so, whether leave should be granted – whether application for costs can be continued without leave after bankruptcy of respondent – proceedings by bankrupt – deemed election by trustee to abandon de facto property proceedings – whether election operates to preclude further prosecution of proceedings by bankrupt – whether proceedings should be stayed as vexatious or oppressive.
(CTH) Bankruptcy Act 1966 s 58, s 60, s 82 LEGISLATION CITED : (CTH) Trade Practices Act 1974 (NSW) Property (Relationships) Act 1984, s 20
CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings
Audet v Audet; Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (1994) 19 Fam LR 291 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v The Bio Enviro Plan Pty Ltd (2004) 2 ABC(NS) 130 Bendigo Bank Ltd v Demaria [2001] VSC 218 Davies v Gertig (No 2) (2002) 83 SASR 521 DCT v Swain (1988) FLC 91-976 Ex parte Llynvi Coal & Iron Co; Re Hide (1871) LR 7 Ch App 28 at 31- 32 (CA) CASES CITED : Finikiotis v Knight Frank (SA) Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 1733 Fraser Property Developments Pty Limited v Sommerfeld (No 2) [2005] 2 Qd R 404 Gao v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy of Yu Jing Zhu [2002] VSC 285 Green v Schneller (2001) 164 FLR 82; 189 ALR 464 Macks v Edge [2006] FCA 1077 O'Neill v O'Neill (1998) 23 Fam LR 326 Page (No 2) (1982) FLC 91-241 Re Killington; Ex parte Chisholm v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Estate of Killington [1998] FCA 1474
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