Streetwise v HigginsStreetwise v Higgins [2005] NSWSC 535

Streetwise v HigginsStreetwise v Higgins [2005] NSWSC 535

The evidence of an alleged rollover agreement, although contested and not raised before the statutory demand, was not so inherently improbable or defective that it could be rejected on a statutory demand application. It raised a genuine dispute as to when the money was repayable, and the Court should not resolve questions of credit or impose payment as a condition by effectively deciding the merits.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
02 June 2005
Procedural Posture
Application to Set Aside a Statutory Demand Pursuant to S 459 G of the Corporations Act / Judgment
Outcome
Statutory demand set aside; defendant ordered to pay the plaintiff's costs with one exception.
Legal Topics
['statutory Demand' 'genuine Dispute' 'debt Due and Payable' 'setting Aside Statutory Demand']
['corporations Law' 'insolvency'] ['statutory Demand' 'genuine Dispute' 'debt Due and Payable' 'setting Aside Statutory Demand']

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Procedural Posture

Application to Set Aside a Statutory Demand Pursuant to S 459 G of the Corporations Act / Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether a statutory demand should be set aside where the company contends the admitted debt is not presently due and payable.' 'Whether the contention that the investment had been rolled over into a new development gave rise to a genuine dispute as to when the money was repayable.' 'Whether the demand should be set aside conditionally on payment of the demanded sum.']

Ratio Decidendi

The evidence of an alleged rollover agreement, although contested and not raised before the statutory demand, was not so inherently improbable or defective that it could be rejected on a statutory demand application. It raised a genuine dispute as to when the money was repayable, and the Court should not resolve questions of credit or impose payment as a condition by effectively deciding the merits.

Court Disposition

Statutory demand set aside; defendant ordered to pay the plaintiff's costs with one exception.

Orders

  • ['The demand made by the defendant on the plaintiff dated 8 December 2004 is set aside.' "The defendant is to pay the plaintiff's costs." 'The costs order does not include any hearing costs in respect of the appearance before the court on 18 March 2005.']