Equipped Constructions v Form Architects [2006] NSWSC 500

Equipped Constructions v Form Architects [2006] NSWSC 500

There is a genuine dispute regarding the $16,500 invoice for the design verification certificate, as the existence of an oral contract and which party was obliged remain genuinely contested, and so, under s 459H(3) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), since the remaining undisputed sum is less than the statutory minimum, the demand must be set aside.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
17 May 2006
Procedural Posture
Application to Set Aside Statutory Demand / Judgment
Outcome
Statutory demand set aside, with costs to the plaintiff
Legal Topics
['winding Up' 'statutory Demand' 'genuine Dispute' 'oral Contract' 'minimum Statutory Demand Threshold' 'indemnity Costs']
['corporations Law' 'equity'] ['winding Up' 'statutory Demand' 'genuine Dispute' 'oral Contract' 'minimum Statutory Demand Threshold' 'indemnity Costs']

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Procedural Posture

Application to Set Aside Statutory Demand / Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether there is a genuine dispute about debt claimed in the statutory demand' 'Whether the amount substantiated is below the statutory minimum' 'Whether indemnity costs should be awarded']

Ratio Decidendi

There is a genuine dispute regarding the $16,500 invoice for the design verification certificate, as the existence of an oral contract and which party was obliged remain genuinely contested, and so, under s 459H(3) Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), since the remaining undisputed sum is less than the statutory minimum, the demand must be set aside.

Court Disposition

Statutory demand set aside, with costs to the plaintiff

Orders

  • ["The creditor's statutory demand issued by the defendant to the plaintiff and dated 26 October 2005 be set aside under s 459H of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)." "Defendant to pay the plaintiff's costs of the proceedings."]