In the matter of AAP Investments (Aust) Pty Ltd [2015] NSWSC 1049

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: In the matter of AAP Investments (Aust) Pty Ltd [2015] NSWSC 1049 Hearing dates: 4 May 2015 Decision date: 04 May 2015 Jurisdiction: Equity Division - Corporations List Before: Black J Decision: Creditor's statutory demand set aside. Defendant to pay the plaintiff's costs as outlined in the Orders, as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: CORPORATIONS – creditor's statutory demand – where the debt the subject of the statutory demand was a judgment debt – where judgment debt arose by default judgment – where default judgment set aside – whether statutory demand should be set aside under s 459J(1)(b) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). Legislation Cited: - Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ss 459H(1), 459J(1) - Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) ss 56, 98 Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW)

- Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 42.1, 42.2 Cases Cited: - Chameleon Mining NL v Atanaskovic Hartnell [2009] NSWSC 602 - Colgate-Palmolive Co v Cussons Pty Ltd [1993] FCA 536; (1993) 46 FCR 225 - Cranney Farm Pty Ltd v Corowa Fertilizers Pty Ltd [2011] NSWSC 9 - Fitness First Australia Pty Ltd v Dubow [2011] NSWSC 531 - Hamod v State of New South Wales [2002] FCAFC 97; (2002) 188 FCR 659 - Liverpool City Council v Estephan [2009] NSWCA 161 - Midas Management Pty Ltd v Equator Communications Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 759 - On Time Nurses Agency Pty Ltd v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation [2010] VSC 573 - Tatlers.com.au Pty Ltd v Davis [2006] NSWSC 1055 - Timberland Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Schindler Lifts Australia Pty Ltd [2011] NSWSC 466 Texts Cited: - Farid Assaf, Statutory Demands, Law and Practice, (2008, LexisNexis Butterworths) Category: Principal judgment Parties: AAP Investments (Aust) Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Maria Bechara trading as Bechara & Company (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J E Armfield (Plaintiff) M Bechara (solicitor – Defendant)