Lemery Holdings Pty Ltd v Reliance Financial Services Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 548

Lemery Holdings Pty Ltd v Reliance Financial Services Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 548

The Court was not satisfied that the s 440A(2) test was met because the Administrators could not yet say whether creditors would do better under the proposed Deed of Company Arrangement than in liquidation. However, in the exercise of the Court's inherent discretion to control its own process, a short adjournment...

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Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
02 June 2008
Procedural Posture
Winding Up Application / Contested Application for Adjournment of Winding Up Hearing
Outcome
Winding up application adjourned.
Legal Topics
['voluntary Administration' 'winding Up Application' 'adjournment' 'deed of Company Arrangement' "court's Inherent Power to Adjourn"]
['corporations' 'equity Procedure'] ['voluntary Administration' 'winding Up Application' 'adjournment' 'deed of Company Arrangement' "court's Inherent Power to Adjourn"]

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Procedural Posture

Winding Up Application / Contested Application for Adjournment of Winding Up Hearing

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the hearing of the Plaintiff's winding-up application should be adjourned under s 440A(2) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)." 'Whether the Court should adjourn the winding-up application in the exercise of its inherent discretion to control its own process.' "Whether further time should be allowed for the Administrators to investigate the Defendant's affairs and make a recommendation about a proposed Deed of Company Arrangement."]

Ratio Decidendi

The Court was not satisfied that the s 440A(2) test was met because the Administrators could not yet say whether creditors would do better under the proposed Deed of Company Arrangement than in liquidation. However, in the exercise of the Court's inherent discretion to control its own process, a short adjournment was warranted to allow the Administrators to complete investigations and put a recommendation before creditors, particularly where no particular prejudice from a two-week adjournment was identified that could not be addressed by costs.

Court Disposition

Winding up application adjourned.

Orders

  • ["The Plaintiff's application for the winding-up was stood into the Corporations List on 23 June at 10am." 'The Administrators were directed to serve an affidavit by 4pm on 17 June 2008 setting out the results of their investigations into the viability and desirability of a Deed of Company Arrangement and the...