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Mouglalis v Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd [2017] FCAFC 47
Full Court appeal about bankruptcy compositions, sequestration orders and discharge timing. The Court upheld the sequestration orders, with a slip correction to the commencement date.
Official Trustee in Bankruptcy v Arundell [2005] FCA 1286
The Federal Court dismissed an application concerning an examination summons in bankruptcy after the Official Trustee gave an undertaking limiting questioning.
Brownlee v Manteit [2000] FCA 1937
The Federal Court declared that a failure to file a statement of affairs in 1995 was only an irregularity under s 306 of the Bankruptcy Act and did not invalidate the proceedings.
Official Trustee in Bankruptcy, in the matter of Halls v Halls [2000] FCA 354
The Federal Court declared that Halls’ early discharge from bankruptcy was valid despite his failure to file a statement of affairs in the Registrar’s office.
Re Ridge, O. [1994] FCA 928
The Federal Court abridged the bankruptcy discharge period for Owen John Ridge and declared the statement of affairs filing effective under the Bankruptcy Act 1966.
The court granted a bankrupt’s application for discharge under s 150 of the Bankruptcy Act, holding that earlier convictions did not bar discharge for the current bankruptcy.
Re Gough, A.M. Ex parte Official Trustee in Bankruptcy The Trustee of the Estate of Gough, A.M. [1988] FCA 36
The Federal Court declared that Agnes Marie Gough was still an undischarged bankrupt on 17 August 1987, because her 1976 and 1979 bankruptcies had not been discharged.
Re McAuley, W.J. v. Ex parte McAuley, W.J. [1988] FCA 49
On an application for discharge from bankruptcy, French J ordered discharge suspended for three months and made it conditional on no business activity before the statutory date.
Klepp, H.H. v Gibb, W.P. & Anor [1987] FCA 630
The Federal Court dismissed an extradition review by Hans Heinz Klepp and confirmed his committal to prison, and separately ordered Roger Keith Mullen discharged from bankruptcy.
Re Moore-Smith, G.M. v. Ex parte The Bankrupt [1987] FCA 596
The Federal Court refused an early discharge from bankruptcy because the applicant had not shown cogent grounds or enough evidence about the causes of the failed company.
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