Re Troost, Pauline Grace Charlotte Ex Parte Bristol Acceptance Corporation Pty Ltd [1997] FCA 336

Re Troost, Pauline Grace Charlotte Ex Parte Bristol Acceptance Corporation Pty Ltd [1997] FCA 336

On the evidence, the Court preferred the debtor's account that service of the bankruptcy notice occurred on 14 November 1996, not 12 November 1996. As the bankruptcy petition was presented before the period in the notice expired and thus before any act of bankruptcy was committed, the petition is fatally defective and must be dismissed.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
16 April 1997
Procedural Posture
Bankruptcy Petition / Application for Sequestration Order
Outcome
petition dismissed
Legal Topics
['sequestration Order' 'service of Bankruptcy Notice' 'act of Bankruptcy']
['bankruptcy'] ['sequestration Order' 'service of Bankruptcy Notice' 'act of Bankruptcy']

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Procedural Posture

Bankruptcy Petition / Application for Sequestration Order

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the bankruptcy notice had been properly served before the presentation of the petition' 'Whether an act of bankruptcy had occurred prior to presentation of the petition']

Ratio Decidendi

On the evidence, the Court preferred the debtor's account that service of the bankruptcy notice occurred on 14 November 1996, not 12 November 1996. As the bankruptcy petition was presented before the period in the notice expired and thus before any act of bankruptcy was committed, the petition is fatally defective and must be dismissed.

Court Disposition

petition dismissed

Orders

  • ['The petition be dismissed.' 'The creditor pay the costs of the debtor.']