Nova Supply Chain Finance Pty Limited v Active Capital Reinsurance Limited (a company incorporated in Barbados) [2024] FCA 1398

Nova Supply Chain Finance Pty Limited v Active Capital Reinsurance Limited (a company incorporated in Barbados) [2024] FCA 1398

In light of the evidence that continuation of the freezing orders would irreparably harm the respondents’ ability to conduct ordinary business and personal affairs, and given their undertaking not to dispose of assets outside permitted categories, the balance of convenience clearly favours discharging the freezing orders.

Parties
Applicant: Nova Supply Chain Finance Pty Limited; First Respondent: Active Capital Reinsurance Limited (a company incorporated in Barbados); Second Respondent: Jeffrey Ronald James McNally; Third Respondent: Insured Creativity Pty Ltd
Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
29 November 2024
Procedural Posture
Application to Discharge Freezing Orders / Interlocutory Application
Legal Topics
Freezing Orders, Bank Account Operation, Balance of Convenience
Practice and Procedure Commercial Law Freezing Orders Bank Account Operation Balance of Convenience

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Parties

Nova Supply Chain Finance Pty Limited

Applicant

Active Capital Reinsurance Limited (a company incorporated in Barbados)

First Respondent

Jeffrey Ronald James McNally

Second Respondent

Insured Creativity Pty Ltd

Third Respondent

Procedural Posture

Application to Discharge Freezing Orders / Interlocutory Application

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the balance of convenience favours the continuation of freezing orders served on banks and freezing respondents’ accounts
  2. 2 Appropriate discharge of otherwise burdensome freezing orders upon suitable undertakings

Ratio Decidendi

In light of the evidence that continuation of the freezing orders would irreparably harm the respondents’ ability to conduct ordinary business and personal affairs, and given their undertaking not to dispose of assets outside permitted categories, the balance of convenience clearly favours discharging the freezing orders.