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EPA v Australian Sawmilling Company Pty Ltd (in liq)

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AGLC: EPA v Australian Sawmilling Company Pty Ltd (in liq) [2020] VSC 550
Case: [2020] VSC 550
Decision Date: 2 September 2020

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EPA v Australian Sawmilling Company Pty Ltd (in liq) [2020] VSC 550

Most Recent Citation

EPA v Australian Sawmilling Company Pty Ltd (in liq) (No 2) [2020] VSC 741

Cases Citing This Decision

The Australian Sawmilling Co Pty Ltd (in liq) v Environment Protection Authority [2021] VSCA 294
Citation 1 (Para 1)

…enses. The indemnity was provided as a condition of their appointment. [1] EPA v Australian Sawmilling Company Pty Ltd (in liq) [2020] VSC 550 (‘Reasons’). [2]A disclaimer only takes effect when any application for an order setting aside the disclaimer is unsuccessful, or if no such application is made: Corporati…
Joiner (Liquidator), in the matter of CuDeco Limited (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (in liq) [2020] FCA 1661
Citation 2 (Para 25)

…The present case and two other cases - Linc Energy and EPA v Australian Sawmilling Company Pty Ltd (in liq) [2020] VSC 550 (Garde J) - highlight different approaches to the question of disclaimers and personal liability for a company's potential environmental obligations.…
Re Kralcopic Pty Ltd (Deregistered) [2023] VSC 306
Citation 3 (Para 1)

…JA) (‘ Fairfield City Council ’); Environment Protection Authority v Australian Sawmilling Company Pty Ltd (in liq) [2020] VSC 550; Bank of Queensland Ltd v Western Australia [2020] FCA 442, [36] (McKerracher J) (‘ Bank of Queensland v WA ’); Commonwealth Bank of Australia v Queensland [2021] FCA 22, [15] (Derrin…
EPA and Anor v Australian Sawmilling Company Pty Ltd (in liq) and Ors (No 2) [2020] VSC 741
Citation 4 (Para 1)

…rtaking to be given and the order to be made as to costs remain to be resolved. [1] EPA & Anor v Australian Sawmilling Company Pty Ltd (in liq) & Ors [2020] VSC 550 (‘reasons’).…

Cases Cited

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Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia Pty Ltd v Commonwealth [2019] HCA 20
Citation 1

…Ferguson CJ, Whelan, Kyrou, McLeish and Dodds-Streeton JJA), appeal dismissed in Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth (2019) 93 ALJR 807.…
Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Wily & Hurst [2019] NSWSC 521
Citation 2

…[66][2019] NSWSC 521, [83]–[86], quoting Clasquin SA v AAR International Pty Ltd (1989) 25 ACLR 9, 11–12; Re Biposo Pty Ltd (1995) 17 ACSR 730, 734; Jenkins v Jonkay Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 858, [10]; Warner, Re GTL Tradeup Pty Ltd (in liq) (2015) 104 ACSR 633, [70].…
Re McDermott and Potts [2019] VSCA 23
Citation 3 (Para 1)

…ator had commenced litigation, it must be continued irrespective of the availability of funds as such a principle would run counter to s 545.[62] [62][2019] VSCA 23, [43] (Whelan AP, McLeish and Hargrave JJA).…
Comptroller General of Customs v Zappia [2018] HCA 54
Citation 4 (Para 1)

…d with the possession, custody or control of dutiable goods which are subject to customs control’ in s 35A of the Customs Act 1901 (Cth).[30] [30](2018) 265 CLR 416 (Kiefel CJ, Bell, Gageler, Nettle and Gordon JJ).…
APN Outdoor Group Limited, in the matter of APN Outdoor Group Limited [2018] FCA 1425
Citation 5 (Para 1)

…q) that a liquidator could not be expected to courageously embark upon litigation in the hope of securing funding at some time in the future.[64] [64][2018] FCA 1425, [7].…
Commonwealth Bank of Australia v State of Queensland [2018] FCA 1041
Citation 6

…nal Australia Bank Ltd v New South Wales [2009] FCA 1066, [8], [9], [23], [27]–[28] (Rares J); Commonwealth Bank of Australia v State of Queensland [2018] FCA 1041, [4(b)], [4(c)] (Rangiah J).…
Commonwealth of Australia v Matthew James Byrnes and Andrew Stewart Reed Hewitt in Their Capacity as Joint and Several Receivers and Managers of Amerind Pty Ltd (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (in Liquidation) & [2018] VSCA 41
Citation 7

…[14](2018) 54 VR 230, 246 [63] (Ferguson CJ, Whelan, Kyrou, McLeish and Dodds-Streeton JJA), appeal dismissed in Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth (2019) 93 ALJR 807.…
SZTAL v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] HCA 34
Citation 8

…[9](2017) 262 CLR 362, 368 [14] (Kiefel CJ, Nettle and Gordon JJ) (citations omitted).…
Maloney, in the matter of ZYX Learning Centres Ltd (formerly ABC Learning Centres Ltd) (in Liq) [2016] FCA 398
Citation 9 (Para 1)

…to incur any expenses in relation to steps necessary to distribute the residual funds to creditors given the insufficient available property.[63] [63](2016) 241 FCR 357, 359 [17].…
Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Australian Building Systems Pty Ltd (in liq) [2015] HCA 48
Citation 10

…[15](2015) 257 CLR 544, 595 [163] (citations omitted).…
Warner, in the matter of GTL Tradeup Pty Ltd (in liq) [2015] FCA 323
Citation 11

…ACLR 9, 11–12; Re Biposo Pty Ltd (1995) 17 ACSR 730, 734; Jenkins v Jonkay Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 858, [10]; Warner, Re GTL Tradeup Pty Ltd (in liq) (2015) 104 ACSR 633, [70].…
Willmott Growers Group Inc v Willmott Forests Ltd (Receivers and Managers appointed) (in liq) [2013] HCA 51
Citation 12

…[99](2013) 251 CLR 592.…
Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Letten (No 13) [2011] FCA 1151
Citation 13 (Para 1)

…(in liq) v Plantation Land Ltd [2009] FCA 741, 7–8 [20] (Finkelstein J); Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Letten (No 13) [2011] FCA 1151, 18–20 [48]–[52] (Gordon J).…
Great Southern Managers Australia Ltd (in Liq) in Its Capacity as Responsible Entity of the Managed Investment Schemes Listed in Schedule 1 v Thackray [No 3] [2011] WASC 195
Citation 14 (Para 1)

…e was no duty owed by liquidators of an insolvent company which obliges them to incur expenditure which the company could not afford to meet.[61] [61][2011] WASC 195, [48].…
Alcan (NT) Alumina Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Territory Revenue [2009] HCA 41
Citation 15

…[8](2009) 239 CLR 27, 46–7 [47] (Hayne, Heydon, Crennan and Kiefel JJ).…
National Australia Bank Ltd v New South Wales [2009] FCA 1066
Citation 16

…[103]See Corporations Act s 568D; Re Tulloch Ltd (n 87); National Australia Bank Ltd v New South Wales [2009] FCA 1066, [8], [9], [23], [27]–[28] (Rares J); Commonwealth Bank of Australia v State of Queensland [2018] FCA 1041, [4(b)], [4(c)] (Rangiah J).…
Timbercorp Securities Ltd (in liq) v Plantation Land Ltd [2009] FCA 741
Citation 17 (Para 1)

…pe Exchange Management Euston Pty Ltd (2012) 265 FLR 33, 51–2 [81], [84] (Sifris J); Timbercorp Securities Ltd (in liq) v Plantation Land Ltd [2009] FCA 741, 7–8 [20] (Finkelstein J); Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Letten (No 13) [2011] FCA 1151, 18–20 [48]–[52] (Gordon J).…
Jenkins v Jonkay Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 858
Citation 18

…86], quoting Clasquin SA v AAR International Pty Ltd (1989) 25 ACLR 9, 11–12; Re Biposo Pty Ltd (1995) 17 ACSR 730, 734; Jenkins v Jonkay Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 858, [10]; Warner, Re GTL Tradeup Pty Ltd (in liq) (2015) 104 ACSR 633, [70].…
Loo v Director of Public Prosecutions [2005] VSCA 161
Citation 19 (Para 1)

…ower, although it might also be control de jure .[33] [33](2002) 130 A Crim R 452, 457, appeal allowed on unrelated grounds: Tat Sang Loo v DPP (Vic) (2005) 12 VR 665 (‘ Tat Sang Loo ’).…
Commissioner of Taxation v Linter Textiles Australia Ltd (in liq) [2005] HCA 20
Citation 20 (Para 1)

…r the company occupying a position which is fiduciary in some respects and is bound by the statutory duties imposed by the Corporations Act.[11] [11] Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Linter Textiles Australia Ltd (in liq) (2005) 220 CLR 592, 607 [33] (Gleeson CJ, Gummow, Hayne, Callinan and Heydon JJ) (‘ Linter ’), citing Thomas Franklin & Sons Ltd v Cameron (1935) 36 SR (NSW…
Sullivan v Energy Services International Pty Ltd (in liq) [2002] NSWSC 937
Citation 21 (Para 1)

…company to avoid liability for the contaminated waste.[112] There was no appreciable prejudice to creditors as they were all to be paid.[113] [111][2002] NSWSC 937. [112]Ibid [31]–[32]. [113]Ibid.…
Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 53
Citation 22

…[7](1998) 194 CLR 355, 384 [78] (McHugh, Gummow, Kirby and Hayne JJ) (citations omitted).…
CIC Insurance Ltd v Bankstown Football Club Ltd [1997] HCA 2
Citation 23

…[10](1997) 187 CLR 384, 408 (Brennan CJ, Dawson, Toohey and Gummow JJ) (citations omitted).…
Mabo v Queensland (No 2) [1992] HCA 23
Citation 24

…[102]See Mabo v State of Queensland (No 2) (1992) 175 CLR 1, 48–9 (Brennan J).…
Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited [1979] HCA 67
Citation 25 (Para 1)

…rds ‘custody’ and ‘control’ as used in a descending order of immediacy in relation to the ability to produce documents.[24] [22](1979) 143 CLR 499 (Gibbs ACJ, Mason, Jacobs, Murphy JJ) (‘ Commissioner of Taxation v ANZ’ ). [23] Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Smorgon (1977) 16 ALR 721, 726. [24]Ibid.…
YZ Finance Co Pty Ltd v Cummings [1964] HCA 12
Citation 26

…[21][1899] AC 99, 105–6, quoted in YZ Finance Co Pty Ltd v Cummings (1964) 109 CLR 395, 398 (McTiernan J, Taylor and Windeyer JJ agreeing).…
Commonwealth v Bank of New South Wales [1949] UKPCHCA 1
Citation 27

…[29]Ibid 533, quoting Johnston Fear & Kingham v Commonwealth (1943) 67 CLR 314, 324 (Rich J); Bank of New South Wales v Commonwealth (1948) 76 CLR 1, 385 (Dixon J) (emphasis added).…
Johnston Fear & Kingham & The Offset Printing Co Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth [1943] HCA 18
Citation 28

…[29]Ibid 533, quoting Johnston Fear & Kingham v Commonwealth (1943) 67 CLR 314, 324 (Rich J); Bank of New South Wales v Commonwealth (1948) 76 CLR 1, 385 (Dixon J) (emphasis added).…
Commissioner of Taxation v Linter Textiles Australia Ltd [2004] HCATrans 255
Citation 29 (Para 1)

…is bound by the statutory duties imposed by the Corporations Act.[11] [11] Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Linter Textiles Australia Ltd (in liq) (2005) 220 CLR 592, 607 [33] (Gleeson CJ, Gummow, Hayne, Callinan and Heydon JJ) (‘ Linter ’), citing Thomas Franklin & Sons Ltd v Cameron (1935) 36 SR (NSW) 286, 296 (…
Sydlow Pty Ltd (in liq) v TG Kotselas Pty Ltd [1996] FCA 233
Citation 30

…[13](1996) 65 FCR 234, 238–239, citing Loose on Liquidators (Jordan Publishing, 3 rd edn, 1989), 13.…
Dallinger v Halcha Holdings Pty Ltd (in admin) [1995] FCA 1058
Citation 31

…[66][2019] NSWSC 521, [83]–[86], quoting Clasquin SA v AAR International Pty Ltd (1989) 25 ACLR 9, 11–12; Re Biposo Pty Ltd (1995) 17 ACSR 730, 734; Jenkins v Jonkay Pty Ltd [2007] FCA 858, [10]; Warner, Re GTL Tradeup Pty Ltd (in liq) (2015) 104 ACSR 633, [70].…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Hazelwood Pacific Pty Ltd & Ors (Sentence) [2020] VSC 279
Citation 32 (Para 1)

…terpretation of Legislation Act 1984 (Vic) s 37(c). [60]See for example Director of Public Prosecutions v Hazelwood Pacific Pty Ltd & Ors [2020] VSC 279, [78] (Keogh J).…
Sale Elderly Citizens Village Inc v Environment Protection Authority Victoria [2018] VSC 266
Citation 33

…[34](2018) 55 VR 494, 503 [38], [40] (emphasis in original), quoting Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 12) (2007) 64 ACSR 114, 208 [437] and citing EP Act ss 1G, 1D.…
Grapecorp Management Pty Ltd (in liq) v Grape Exchange Management Euston Pty Ltd [2012] VSC 112
Citation 34 (Para 1)

…] (‘ Re Toshoku ’). [70] Re Nortel (n 67) 1482 [95], [96]. See Grapecorp Management Pty Ltd (in liq) v Grape Exchange Management Euston Pty Ltd (2012) 265 FLR 33, 51–2 [81], [84] (Sifris J); Timbercorp Securities Ltd (in liq) v Plantation Land Ltd [2009] FCA 741, 7–8 [20] (Finkelstein J); Australian Securities and I…
Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd [2007] VSC 377
Citation 35

…[34](2018) 55 VR 494, 503 [38], [40] (emphasis in original), quoting Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 12) (2007) 64 ACSR 114, 208 [437] and citing EP Act ss 1G, 1D.…
Director of Public Prosecutions v Ferguson [2006] VSC 484
Citation 36

…[32][2006] VSC 484, [49].…
Kahn and Another v Commissioners of Inland Revenue [2002] UKHL 6
Citation 37 (Para 1)

…ity (such as rateable occupation or property ownership) which made no distinction between companies which were, and were not, in liquidation.[70] [69][2002] UKHL 6, [25]–[30] (‘ Re Toshoku ’). [70] Re Nortel (n 67) 1482 [95], [96]. See Grapecorp Management Pty Ltd (in liq) v Grape Exchange Management Euston Pty…

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