NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Raupach v MacDonald [2010] NSWSC 1326
HEARING DATE(S) : 19 July 2010; 20 July 2010; 4 August 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 24 November 2010
JUDGMENT OF : Price J at 1
DECISION : 1. Declare that the defendant is indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $80,000. 2. Verdict and Judgment for the plaintiff against the defendant in the sum of $80,000. 3. The defendant is to pay interest on the sum of $80,000 from 20 June 2004 until the date of judgment. Such interest is to be calculated at the rate prescribed under UCPR r 36.7 and added to the Judgment. 4. Verdict and Judgment for the first, second and third cross-defendants against the cross-claimant (Neil MacDonald) on the cross- claims.
CATCHWORDS : CONTRACT - whether Deed of compromise valid and enforceable - BANKRUPTCY - whether failure to comply with s 58(3) Bankruptcy Act vitiated Deed - whether obligations under Deed a provable debt - whether annulment of bankruptcy removed any impediment to enforceability of Deed - UNJUST CONTRACT - Contracts Review Act - whether Deed unjust - estoppel - mutual mistake - whether proceedings abuse of process.
Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) s 58(3), s 73, s 74, s 75(2)(a), s 82, s 82(1), s 153B, s 153(2)(b) Contracts Review Act 1980 s 4, s 7, s 7(1), s 9(2)(a) LEGISLATION CITED : s 9(2)(b), s 9(2)(e), s 9(2)(h), s 9(4), s 9(2)(i), s 9(2)(j) Evidence Act s 128, s 28(3), s 128(5) Fair Trading Act 1987 s 42 Limitation Act 1969 s 42 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 r 13.4, r 14.28, r 36.7
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Baltic Shipping Company, The Mikhail Lermontov v Dillon (1991) 22 NSWLR 1 Bartlett v Coomber [2008] NSWCA 100 Boyapati v Rockefeller Management Corporation (2008) 77 IPR 251 Cit Credit Pty Ltd v Keable [2006] NSWCA 130 Con-Stan Industries of Australia Pty Ltd v Norwich Winterthur Insurance (Australia) Ltd (1986) 160 CLR 226 Foots v Southern Cross Mine Management Pty Ltd [2007] HCA 56 Lewis v Combell Constructions Pty Ltd (1989) 18 NSWLR 528 Morkaya v Parkinson [2010] NSWSC 1194 More v More [1962] Ch 424 Morlend Finance Corporation (Vic) Pty Ltd v Westendorp [1993] 2 VR 284 CASES CITED : Oates v Commissioner of Taxation (1990) 27 FCR 289 Perpetual Trustee Company Limited v Khoshaba [2006] NSWCA 41 Re Coyle (1993) 42 FLR 72 Re Giuca; Ex parte The Bankrupts (1986) 70 ALR 219 Rejfek v McElroy (1965) 112 CLR 517 Re Spratt; Ex Parte Wilde [1986] FCA 33 Reynolds v Reynolds [1977] 2 NSWLR 295 Riz v Perpetual Trustee Australia Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1153 Spina v Permanent Custodians Limited [2009] NSWCA 206 Union Club v Battenberg (2006) 66 NSWLR 1 West v AGC (Advances) Ltd (1986) 5 NSWLR 610
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