Pilato as liquidator of Energy Services Invironmental Pty Ltd (in liq) v Wallace [2019] FCA 958

Pilato as liquidator of Energy Services Invironmental Pty Ltd (in liq) v Wallace [2019] FCA 958

The Court, being satisfied of jurisdiction and the defendant's default, enforced the Deed requiring the defendant to pay the agreed settlement sum, interest, and post-default costs, as those costs would not have been incurred but for the defendant’s default.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
19 June 2019
Procedural Posture
Commercial and Corporations Corporations and Corporate Insolvency / Interlocutory Application to Enforce Deed of Settlement; Judgment
Outcome
Application granted. Orders made enforcing Deed of Settlement.
Legal Topics
['enforcement of Deed of Settlement' 'settlement' 'costs' 'interest' 'mediation' 'jurisdiction']
['corporations' 'corporate Insolvency'] ['enforcement of Deed of Settlement' 'settlement' 'costs' 'interest' 'mediation' 'jurisdiction']

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Procedural Posture

Commercial and Corporations Corporations and Corporate Insolvency / Interlocutory Application to Enforce Deed of Settlement; Judgment

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the Deed of Settlement can be enforced against the defendant' 'Whether the Court has jurisdiction to enforce the terms of the Deed' 'Whether costs and interest are payable']

Ratio Decidendi

The Court, being satisfied of jurisdiction and the defendant's default, enforced the Deed requiring the defendant to pay the agreed settlement sum, interest, and post-default costs, as those costs would not have been incurred but for the defendant’s default.

Court Disposition

Application granted. Orders made enforcing Deed of Settlement.

Orders

  • ['The defendant to pay the plaintiffs the sum of $60,000 together with interest at 5.5% per annum from 18 January 2019 to 19 June 2019.' "The defendant to pay the plaintiffs' costs of proceedings as agreed or assessed incurred after 17 January 2019, except for costs not attributable to the defendant's default." 'The...