Joseph Hedrlin v The Properties of Strata Plan No 3670

[1983] FCA 90

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA)

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GENERAL	D I V I S I O N	1
) No. P 245 of 1983

Bm-KRUPTCY D I S T R I C T OF TEE STATE )

OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND THE	1
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY	1
R e : Joseph Hedr l ln
Ex p a r t e : The P r o p r i e t o r s o f

S t r a t a P l a n No.3670

CORAM: E v a t t J.

24 May 1983

REASONS FOR JUDGMENT

On 2 8 February 1983 a Deputy Regis t ra r of t h e C o u r t

gave n o t i c e t h a t t h e c r e d i t o r ' s p e t i t i o n h e r e l n , d a t e d 22 November

1982 would be heard on 17 May 1 9 8 3 . S e r v i c e o f t h e p e t l t l o n w l t h

such no t ice d l l ly endorsed thereon was e f f e c t e d o n t h e d e b t o r o n

23 March 1983.

On 26 Apr l l 1983 the deb to r Joseph Hedr l ln f l l ed he re in

a s i x p a g e t y p e d d o c m e n t e n t l t l e d " N o t l c e Q f I n t e n t i o n t o Opose

( s i c ) P e t l t l o n " .

When t h e p e t i t i o n was c a l l e d on a t a p p r o x i T a t e l y 1 0 . 3 0

a.T. on LedinghaT, 17 May 1983 M r Bllsh, s o l l c l t o r o f t h e f l r m o f Hones and

S o l i c l t w s o f 44 Market S t r ee t , Sydney, appeared for

t h e p e t i t i o n l n g c r e d i t o r w h l l s t h e d e b t q r a p p e a r e d I n p e r s o n .

d .

The p a r t i e s h a v i n g t h e n l n d l c a t e d t h a t t h e n a t t e r would be long

t h e v a t t e r was s tood down I n t h e l i s t . A t about 3.30 p.m. o n

t h a t day consequen t ly was It w a s c l e a r t h a t t h e n a t t e r would not be reached and

stood ove r l m t l l noon, l& May 1983.

When t h e ma t t e r w a s c a l l e d o n f o r h e a r i n g a t a b o u t

1 2 . 1 5 p.v. on 18 May 1983 t he appea rances were a s l nd lca t ed . Mr

B u s h o b l e c t e d t o t h e dncument p u r p o r t l n g t o be a n o t i c e of

o p p o s l t i o n t o t h e p e t i t l o n o n the ground t h a t s u c h n o t l c e d l d n o t

se t o u t o r r e f e r t o a n y s t a t e m e n t i n t h e p e t i t l n n tha t t h e d e b t o r

i n t e n d e d t n d e n y o r d l s p u t e o r a n y o t h e r g r o u n d o n wh ich he

i n t e n d e d t o o p p o s e t h e p e t i t l o n a s is p r o v i d e d f o r i n r . 2 0 o f

the Bankruptcy Rules .

Rule 20 p r o v i d e s :

“ N o t i c e o f O p p o s i t i o n t n P e t l t l o n

2 0 . A debtor w h o l n t e n d s t o d e n y o r

d l s p u t e a s t a t e m e n t I n a p e t i t l o n o r

o p p o s e a p e t i t i o n o n a n y o ther g r o u n d

s h a l l , n o t l e s s t h a n 3 d a y s b e f o r e the

h e a r l n g d a t e o f t h e p e t l t i o n -

( a ) f i l e a n o t i c e , l n a c c o r d a n c e w l t h

Form 8 , s e t t i n g o u t r)r r e f e r r i n g tr, t h e

s t a t e l l e n t i the p e t i t i o n t h a t h e

i n t e n d s t o d e n y o r c i l s p u t e or t h e o t h e r

g rounds on wh ich he l n t e n d s t o o p p o s e

the p e t i t i o n : and

( b ) s e r v e a c n p y o f t h e n o t i c e o n t h e

s o l i c i t o r f o r t h e p e t l t i o n l n g c r e d i t o r . “

F u r t h e r , it was srtb’nnltted by t h e p e t l t i o n l n g creditor

tha t it would appear t h a t t h e d o c m e n t f l l e d b y t h e d e b t o r r a i s e d

mat te rs which ad a l ready been de te rn ined . by the Cour t o r the

3 .

Supreme Court of New South Wales I n e a r l l e r p r o c e e d l n g s b e t w e e n

t h e p a r t i e s a n d a c c o r d i n g l y c o u l d n o t be r e - o p e n e d i n t h e s e

p roceed ings . Fu r the r , no a f f l d a v i t h a d b e e n f l l e d l n s u p p o r t o f

t h e matters a l l e g e d i n s u c h n o t i c e .

I t woulc? a p p e a r t h a t I n or a b o u t March 1982, subsequent

t o t h e s r v i c e o f t h e b a n k r u p t c y n o t l c e h e r e i n , d o c m e n t s

accepted as b e i n g a f f i d a v i t s p u r s u a n t t o s . 4 1 ( 7 ) o f the

Bankrllptcy A c t 1966 sworn by the debtor were f i l e d w h e r e l n the

d e b t o r claimed t h a t h e h a d a c o u n t e r - c l a l n s e t - o f f o r cross

demand equa l t o or exceeding the anount c la imed i n t h e b a n k r u p t c y

n o t l c e . An a p p l i c a t l o n t o d e t e r n i n e t h l s a s p e c t t h e o f

proceedings came o n f o r h e a r i n g before Lockhart J. on 14 Apr i l

1962 when h l s Honour d e c l a r e d t h a t h e was " n o t s a t l s f l e d t h a t t&e

d e b t o r h a s a c o u n t e r - c l a i m s e t - o f f o r c r o s s demand e q u a l t o o r

exceed lng the amount of the sum payable by him unde r the order o f

t h e S u p r e m e C o u r t o f New S o u t h Wales of 3 A p r l l 1 9 8 1 a n d t h e

c e r t l f l c a t e of costs t h a t i s s u e d s u b s e q u e n t l y o n 9 October 1981,

be ing a counter -c la im set-off or cross demand, t h a t he c o u l d n o t

have set up i n the Supreme Cour p roceedings" t and ordered tha t

t h e d b t o r p a y t h e p t i t l o n i n g c r e d l t g r ' s costs i n c l u d i n g

r e s e r v e d costs of the p roceed ings be fo re h lm.

The ~ u d g m e n t d e b t q n w h i c h t h e p e t l t i o n h e r e i n i s

founded was the a-munt -f c o s t s , d u l y t a x e d a t $ 1 , 5 3 6 . 6 0 , whlch

t h e debt-r had been ordered t o pay i n a n a c t i m i n t h e Supreme

Court of New South Wales brought by him a g a l n s t t h e p e t l t i o n l n g

4 .

c r e d l t o r a n d a S t l p e n d i a r y M a g l s t r a t e (No. 16057 of 1980) The .

C o u r t has b e e n l n f o r n e d t h a t t h a t a c t i o n w a s a n a p p l i c a t i o n made

u n d e r S . l 1 2 o f t h e J u s t l c e s A c t ( N . S . W . ) s e e k i n g a n o r d e r

quash lng an o rde r of a S t i p e n d i a r y M a g i s t r a t e i n t h e C o u r t of

P e t t y S e s s i o n s , Burwood n o n - s u i t l n g t h ’ e d e b t o r i n a n a c t i o n

b r o u g h t b y h l m a g a l n s t t h e p e t l t l o n i n g c r e d l t o r . T h a t a c t i o n was

a c l a i m ( i n t e r a l l a ) f o r moneys e q u a l l i n g the t o t a l o f c e r t a l n

levies which had been imposed upon each of the owners , inc l - ld ing

t h e d e b t o r , P lan No.3670 of u n i t s w i t h l n t h e common p r o p e r t y known as S t r a t a

and which ad been deducted from t h e moneys p a l d

Over b y t h e p u r c h a s e r o f t h e d e b t o r ’ s u n l t when the same had been

s o l d b y t h e d e b t o r .

The d e b t o r a p p e a l e d t o a F u l l C o u r t of the Cour t f rom

t h e d e c i s i o n of Lockhart J.. On 2 7 October 1982 the Ful l Cour t

s f t e r t a k m r r t l m e t o c o n s l d e r t h e m a t t e r d l s m l s s e d t h e a p y e a l a n d

o r d e r e d t h a t t h e d e b t o r p a y t h e p e t i t i o n l n a	creri l tor’s	c o s t s	of
t h e a p p e a l .

The d e b t o r a p p e a r s t o h a v e a r easonab le command of b o t h

p r i n t e d a n d s p k e n E n g l i s h b u t a t times, because of a n a c c e n t , It

i s d l f f l c u l t t o f u l l y u n d e r s t a n d e v e r y word he s a y s , e s p e c i a l l y

when he beco-nes e x c l t e d . P a r t Qf t h e e x tenpore r e a s o n s for

~udgment Qf Lockhar t J. glven on 14 Apr i l 1982 where h i s Honour

s a l d “ I have not found it e n t i r e l y e a s y t o g r a s p e v e r y p i n t o n

wh ich t he a p p l i c a n t ( t h e d e b t n r ) r e l l e s b u t I h a v e , I t h l n k ,

d o l n g t h e b e s t I c a n , g r a s p e d t h e s s e n t i a l p o l n t s w h i c h a v e

b e e n	r e f e r r e d	t o	In	a r g u n e n t	a n d	w h l c h	a r e	s e t	o u t	I n	h l s
- _

5 .

numerous affidavits f l l e d i n these p roceed lngs , wh lch t hewse lves

s t a t e n a t t e r s of f a c t , opinion and argwnent" 1 s a p p o s i t e . The

C o u r t a s p r e s e n t l y c o n s t l t u t e d e x p e r i e n c e d t h e same d i f f i c u l t i e s

b u t 1s s a t i s f i e d t h a t it h a s g r a s p e d t h e a r g u m e n t s p u t

hy t h e d e b t o r w h i c h t h e C o u r t d l d n o t llmit e v e n t h o u g h t h e

s o - c a l l e d n o t l c e of i n t e n t i o n t o o p p o s e f a i l s t o conform w l t h

r .20 the Bankruptcy of Rules . To f u l l y a p p r e c l a t e t h e

d i f f i c u l t i e s the C o u r t h a s h a d i n t h i s r e g a r d o n e o n l y needs t o

c o n s i d e r the so -ca l l ed not lce of i n t e n t i o n t o oppose which 1 s set

o u t v e r b a t i m .

I n the

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA No.P 245 of 1983

General D iv i s ion JOSEPH HEDRLIN

BANKRUPTCY DISTRICT Appel lant

o f t h e	"THE PROPRIETORS
STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES	STRATA PLAN N o .
and t h e AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY	3670"

The THING!

TAKE NOTICE t h a t JOSEPH HEDRLIN, i n t e n d s t o

deny the of "THE PROPRIETORS following s t a t e w e n t s i n t h e p e t l t i o n

STRATA PLAN No.3670" of

the N h V E 1 9 8 3 / ~ r e s e n t e d 2 8 t h F e b r u a r y 1 9 8 3 . t h e T H I N G , da t ed 20 th Februa ry

The a p p e l a n t b e l l e v e tha t t h i s a c t l o n as l e e d

by t h e sol ic i tors Hones & Ledinghan/G.M.BUSH

i s a n i n t e r - a l l i a I11 A c t i o n , w l t h I n t e n t , wh lch i s

as be l l eved o f Cr imina l na tu r ,

no t o n l y w i t h I n t e n t c a u s e d ~ n ~ u r i e s t o my

person and my f a w i l y , b u t a l s o t o t h e b o d y

c o r p o r a t e a s a such and t o make wockery of

t h e C o u r t FEDERAL COURT OF s y s t e w o f t h e S t a t e N.S.W. and the

AUSTRALIA.

On one s l d e i s a t r a l n e d p e r s n i n t h e L a w a

s o l l c l t o r and on other wyself a pe r son , who

is n o t t r a i n e d a p a r e n t l y I n t h i s L a w and has

n o t t h e

p r o p e r language. k n o k l e d g e t h e o f E n g l i s h

6 .

T h i s a c t i o n 1 s a s a r e s u l t of s e r i e s o f

a c t i o n s t h a t t h l s same s o l l c i t o r s w a s

i n v o l v e d a n d t h e y d e s c r l b e t h e a I n t h e i r

p e t i t l o n . But t h e r e s u l t s o f t h a t a c t l o n s a s

d e s c r l b e d , c a n - n o t b e c o u n t e d t o t h e Fame o f

1

t h e C o u r t s lnvolved b u t cont ra ry . Thanks t o

the s o l i c l t o r i n v o l v e d .

Th i s so l i c l to r c l a i a t o appear on b e h a l f o f a

NAME and T H I N G . A l l way a l l o n g s l n c e h e h a s

s t a r t e d and this e v e n i n o t h e r a c t i o n s s i n c e

1975. H e has o b t i n e d f r o a the Cour ts

d e c l s s i o n s , t h a t t h e T H I N G t h e NAME h a s

appeared and i s e n t i t l e d t o o b t i n COSTS.

I doo not t o have t o be a lawyer and too auch

s k i l l e d i n E n g l l s h t o r e a d

the r e l e v a n t A c t , i n t h e S t a t e o f N e w South

Wales, t h e S t r a t a T i t l e s A c t 1973 as aaended,

as fo l low;

S e c . 5 ( 1 ) I n t e r p r e t a t i o n

S e c . 5 4 ( 1 )	C o n s t i t s t i o n
S e c . 5 4 ( 2 )
Sec. 54 (3	) DUTY

I n t e r p r e t a t i o n A c t 1897 Sec.11

Accordlngly with the I n t e r p r e t a t i o n A c t as

above, the sections o f the S t r a t a T l t l e s have

a subs tan t ive enac tment and l e t made

conc lus lon tha t It qean o t h e r I n w o r d s

n o t h l n g e l s e t h a t a NAME a T H I N G . The aaount

of p r o p r i e t o r s 1s m s p e c i f l e d b u t It is

e s t i m a t e d t h a t a o r e t h a n 9 0 0 . 0 0 0 p r o p r i e t o r s

i n the S t a t e of N e w South Wales a r e a f e c t e d

b y t h e especlal bene f i t t h e Strata T i t l e s f o r

whose	b e n e f i t	a	e s p e c l a l	b e n e f l t	h a v e	b e e n
passed .

Ev iden t ly	M r	Sollcitqrs	d l s r e g a r d	t h a t	a b o v e
Law.

I doo no t be l i eve tha t he can have the power

t o a c t before any C o u r t . o n b e h a l f o f t h e 9 0 0 . 0 0 0 p e r s o n s ,

A PROPRIETOR i n t e r - a l l l a wording i s d e s c r i b e d p r o v i d l n g

by t h e REAL PROPERTY ACT 1900(See

S e c . 6 S t r a t a T i t l e s )

A PERSON beco.ne a P R O P R I E T O R o f a U N I T In

STRATA TITLES SCHEME p u r s u a n t I t s own

d e c l s s l o n I n buylng such U N I T f ro - ano the r

PERSON i n n o r n a l c l r s c l m s t a n c e s a meaber o f

t h e p a r t l c u l a r STRATA SCHEME who d l spose by

such U N I T a t h i s qwn D I S C R E T I O N , b e i n g n o t

..

7 .

b l n d e d e x a n p l e f o r

a s UNITS(See COMPANY TITLES

S e c . 5 4 ( 2 ) S t r a t a T l t L e s ) .

I n r e l a t i o n t o t h e COMMON PROPERTY,for whlch

r e a s o n s t h e S t r a t a T i t l e s i s a lso c r e a t e d ,

t h e COMMON PROPERTY b e c m e r e g i s t r e d i n a

s e p a r a t e CERTIFICATE o f TITLES b e a r l n g t h e

above NAME the T H I N G .

Then a l s o It n a y be s a l d t h a t t h e COMMON

PROPERTY p rov id ing PART 11* S t r a t a T l t l e s ,

THE LAND I n STRATA SCHEME becone f reed of any

encuvbrance	and	I f	e v e n t u e l y	become	s u b l e c t
a n y	t o

r d e r Appor t ionment e . t . c . t h e n a c o r d i n g l y b

o f s ta tu tory charges Sec .151

S t r a t a Titles,becone f r e e d of t h a t c h a r g e s

and t h e I n d i v i d u a l p r o p r i e t o r s for t h e i r LOTS

b y I t s U n i t E n t i t l e m e n t s h a v e t o p a i d o u t

t h a t c h a r g e s . T h i s a b o v e 1 s n e c e s s a r y t o

know, be cause it come o b v i o u s t h a t I doo not

owe t o t ha t LANE a n y t h l n g n o t a ' P E N N Y " . And

i f I a l l e d g e d l y w i l l be owlng something then

n o t t o l n d i v i d u a l t h e T H I N G , N O T TO THE LAND b u t t o t h e

p r o p r i e t o r u n d e r h l s NAME and not

u n d e r NAME w h l c h i n t e r - a l l i a c a n n o t g l v e

be ing a And when the name used T H I N G I t s consen t t o u s e It.

and i n COURT a c t i o n

p r o v l d i n g S e c . 1 4 7 S t r a t a T i t l e s , a n d

S e c . 3 8 ( l ) ( c ) I n t e r p r e t a t i o n A c t 1897 as

a m e n d e d t h e n t h e w o r d i n g MAY m u s t be a t

D i s c r e t i o n .

DISCRETION amy a r r i s e when t h e BODY CORPORATE

becone the AGENT t h e f o r PROPRIETORS

S e c . 2 0 ( a ) S t r a t a T i t l e s t h e SAME PERSON!

This lnvolved the REGISTRAR - 29 LOTS* 20 PROPRIETORS Of BODY CORPORATE-the AGENT FOR

THE PROPRIETORS 1s a c o r d l n g t o s c h e a r c h e s I n

t h a t 29 LOTS. Sec .20 (b ) STRATA TITLES!

Obvlousely Sec .21 and Sec.24 Strata T l t l e s

p r e c i s e l y i n d l c a t e t h a t w i t h o u t LOT and t h e obv louse ly DISCRETIONARY POWER o f or over of t h a t LOT -of t h e I N D I V I D U A L . c an n o t be d e a l t .

w i t h t h e COMMON P'ROPERTY.

I n t e r - a l l i a a COURT A C T I O N n e c e s s l t a consen t

Qf t h e person t o b e t h e PLAINTIFF,whlch

c a n - n o t be n a d e v i t h o u t h l s c o n s e n t ! The

S e c . 7 3 ( 5 ) S t r a t a T l t l e s 1s s l g n i f l c a n t .

P l ease r ead It! see wording i n r e l a t i o n t o a

PERSON i n r e l a t l o n t o t h e STRRTA SCHEME.

I t l e t conc lude the sense of t h e S e c . 7 3 ( 5 )

A PERSON I n c l u d e s o l i c l t o r s , b a r r l s t e r s blJt

8.

n o t t h e CROWN!

BODY 1 s prov ld ing Sec .20 (b ) t he OTHER BODY

t h a n the SAME PERSON. ( S e c . 2 0 ( a ) S t ra ta

T i t l e s - T H E AGENT)

THE T H I N G 1 s t h e NAME o f t h e b o d y c o r p o r a t e

l t s e l f .

THE L A N D , 1s t h e LAND whlch 1 s i n t h e

CERTIFICATE O F TITLE ( t h a t T H I N G )

E v i d e n t l y t o p rec lude such SCHIZOFRENIC c l a l m

a s the solicitor made I n h i s a c t i o n s .

THE BODY CORPORATE-THE AGENT DUTIES are

pe r fo rned by the p r o p r l e t o r s f o r whose

e s p e c i a l b e n e f l t t h e A c t w a s made f r e e o f

charge llpon e a c h f o r a n o t h e r .

Except FEES I n	t h e	S t r a t a T l t l e s	REGULATIONS
P a r t V.

THERE I S NO PROVISSION I N THE WHOLE STRATA

T I T L E S ACT 1 9 7 3 t h a t a BOEY CORPORATE-THE

AGENT h a s t o o r n a y f o r h i s p e r f o r m a n c e s

c h a r g e t h D u t i e s , S e c . 5 9 S t r a t a PROPRIETOR BY LEVIES Sec.68

T i t l e s LEVIES.

E v l d e n t l y h a r d l y w e can imTagine tha t a

r e p a i n t l n g o f the bu ld ing wlll be jmdertaken

by a l l p r o p r i e t o r s i n t h e sane time. For t h a t

r e a s o n t h e r e i s i n force a LAW, Sec. of t h e

Law Sec.58 By-Law, S t r a t a T l t l e s .

Thus By-Laws a r e d e s l g n e d t o ob t ln f rom a l l

PROPRIETORS of each LOT b y the BODY

CORPORATE-THE AGENT f o r ALL OF THEM and th ie r

BENEFIT S e c . 6 8 S t r a t a T i t l e s a s t h e c a s e may

be t h e CONSENT b y U N A N I M O U S RESOLUTION tr,

r p o v i d e t h e m v i t h t h e aproprlate s e r v i c e s

For example a LEGAL ADVICE can be such

s e r v i c e . Then 1s a p r o p r l a t e p u r s u a n t

S e C . 5 8 ( 7 ) S t r a t a T i t l e s t o made a BY-LAW,

w h i c h t o be v a l l d n e c e s s l t p r o c e e d i n g s a s

S e c . 5 8 ( 3 ) S t r a t a T l t l e s say .

The s c h e a r c h e s s h o v e t h a t n o r e g l s t r a t i o n o f

any By-Law, 1 s r e g l s t r e d i n r e g a r d s of any o f

t h l s a p e c t s t h i s i n p r o c e e d i n g s - A c t i o n s .

Once a g a i n t h l s S o l i c i t o r s t r y t o o b t i n

money, t h r u t h e body co rpora t e accoun t s on

tha t body' S c o r p o r a t e ' S Agents money, from

i t s a c c o u n t s . T h a t s a f r a u d o n t h e b o d y

corporate-Crimes A c t 1900.

Lets r e v e r s e l n m a g l n a t i o n i n t h e C o u r t

d e c l s s l o n and make t h e C o s t s t o be paid by

the body S t r a t a corpora te -agent . Provld lng Sec .147

T i t l e s I n v o l v i n g ALL LOTS. A f l r s t

mortgagee a b i g Company i n f i n a n c e s p e r h a p s

t h e STATE BANK, p r o v l d l n g S e c . 5 9 ( 6 ) S t r a t a

T i t l e s i s s e v e r a l y and j o i n t l y l i a b l e w l t h

t h e P R O P R I E T O R . I t h l n k t h a t t h e y w i l l b e

s u r p r l s e d t h a t a S O L I C I T O R name BUSH h a s

9 .

l n c l u d e d t h e m i n a n y o f t h e COURT a c t i o n s

w i t h o u t t h i e r c o n s e n t t o b e PLAINTIFF.

To e x p l a l n how w e come t o t h l s C o u r t , w e

s h a l l go b a c k i n t o 1980. where I h a v e s t a r t e d

a s a (forner)PROPRIETOR a n c t l o n " C I V I L

CLAIMS" and a s STRATA TITLES p r e s c r l b e b y

Sec.62 and t h e b o d y c o r p o r a t e s 1 5 0 . For money t h a t it s h a l l be on

name a c c o m t m the bank.

Thus p r o v l d i n g t h a t t h e money w a s on

p rov ld ing Sec .68 (1 ) (0 ) c and -no t be

d i s b u r s e d p r o v i d l n g S e c . 6 8 ( 2 ) S t r a t a T i t l e s .

That money I h a v e p a l d t h a t a c c o u n t s , be

callse i t was t h e r e as a r e s u l t o f i l l e g a l

Act ion aga in by sol ic i tors Hones & Ledingham

I n t h e name of t h e T H I N G , t h a t I was t h e

PROPRIETOR e n t e r e d i n t h e S t r a t a R o l l o f t h e

s t r a t a scheme S P 3 6 7 0 . I n o t h e r w o r d s t h e

sol lc i tor h a s p u t a l s o m y s e l f a s a PLAINTIFF

aga ins t myse l f as a DEFENDANT.

The S t i p e n d i a r y M a g i s t r a t e I n v o l v e d was n o t

r e d y t o unders tand my c l a i m s . A t l a t t e r d a t e

I d i d n o t comme to t hehea r lng be ing f a r - away

s i c k t h e costs a g a l n s t my. s o l i c i t o r h a s f o r c e d Then when d e c i s s i n n f o r

I h a v e a s k e d t o

be PUT THE MATTER ASSIDE, S o l i c i t o r Ledingham

h a s a p p l i e d for t h e so c a l l e d SECURITY FOR

COSTS aga in on beha l f of t h e THING. Then I

h a v e d e c i d e d t h a t will be matter for Supreme

C o u r t t o d e c i d e . I submit p rov ld ing the

JUSTICES ACT the d e c i s s l o n o f the S t l p e n d l a r y

M a g i s t r a t e b e f o r e Supreme Court . The m a t t e r

Come b e f o r e t h e SC few times f o r MENTION.But

one day M r S o l l c i t o r L e d l n g h a n h i s d

Barrlster h a s f l n d MR. Jvxtice D.HUNT, who

t a k e t h e matter be fo re h im fo r hea r ing unde r

p r o m i s e t h a t h e w i l l be r e d y v i t h m y s e l f i n

f e w minu tes .

I t was n o t f e w m i n u t e s , I hate d e s p e r a t l y

defended myself b e l n g n o t p r e p a r e d , t h o u g h t

t o be aga in fo r men t ion t o set t h e t lme f o r

h e a r i n g .

The o r d e r of Mr J u s t l c e Hunt was as can be

read f rom a r r i s e t o t h e it, t h a t h e d l s m i s my a p p l l c a t l o n

and t h a t I h a v e a l l e d g e d t o p a y costs any costs t h a t

d e f e n d a n t ( i t was t h e

s e c o n d d e f e n d a n t ' n a g l s t r a t e S t i p e n d i a r y t h e f o r

has appea red t he CROWN S O L I C I T O R

who d i d no t ap ly for Cos ts and has asked t o

be excused Ev lden t ly from the proceedings.

M r J u s t l c e HUNT, d e c l s s i o n d l d n o t

merr i t from my s l d e tr, f o l o w f u r t h e r l y a s I

h a v e b e l i e v e d .

10.

B u t t h e S o l l c i t o r h a s p u t I n t h e NAME of the

T H I N G , h i s expenses fo r T A X I N G . H e c l a i m

I n t e r - a l l i a t o s p e a k w l t h h l s C L I E N T t h e

T H I N G G?

Then he submlted vi thout warnlng myself again

i n t h e LOCKHARDT. name of t h e T H I N G b e f o r e M r J u s t i c e

T h e r e t h e BARRISTER Involved has

e v e n f i n d maklng compar iss lnn wi th a p r e c e d e n t r e l a t l n g t o a COMPANY

th l s THING-name.

H l s Honour M r J u s t l c e LOCKHARD was more

c a u t i o u s i n h i s d e c i s s i o n he h a s a d ~ o u r n e d

the BANKRUPTCY NOTICE But made

l n d e f i n e t e l y .

mentlon tha t it should b e a p l l e d f o r COSTS.

Myself b e i n g n o t LAWYER I h a v e f i n d t h e way

t o o b l e c t t o hls d e c i s s l o n by way t o APPEAL

BEFORE FULL FEDERALL COURT. THE FULL FEDEIZAL

COURT has d i smis sed a y a p p e a l b u t c l ea r ly h a s

d i s t a n c e s I t se l f t o make d e c i s s i o n i n

r e l a t l o n	to	t h e	N . S.W.	Law	t h e	S t r a t a	T l t l e s
A c t 1973.

A s It can b e r e a d from t h e d e c l s s i o n , t h e

q u e s t l o n of COSTS i s more i n f o r m a t i v e a n d

t r a d i t i o n a l , t h a n commit i t s e l f the COURT t o

make d e c i s s i o n i n r e l a t i o n t o t h e ACT of a

S t a t e w h i c h touching t h e y h a v e r e s p e c t e d n o t I n

any of i t s aspects, of the Law i n

concern.

Now o n , t h e r e 1s a g a l n a SCHYSOFRENIC CLAIM

b y the so l ic i tor and Its a c o m p l i c e s I n t h e

Act ion;

Sol lc i tors Hones h Ledlngham

V.J. RAY P t y . LTD. c l a iming t o be appo in ted

by t h e T H I N G as mannaglng agent Sec .78 St ra ta

T i t l e s .

T h l e r o f f i c e r s o f V . J . RAY P t y . L td . Mr P . O .

NEWLAND

Mrs M.E. P o l l a r d

Mr M.Ch.DONNELLY and K r . R . B r i a n Trustles.

M r R . KAARD s e c r e t a r y of the SP 3670 t h e o n l y

P R O P R I E T O R o f t h e L o t I n SP 3670 lnvolved

d i r e c t l y I n t h i s matter.

I bel leve t h a t t h i s C o u r t h a v e u n d e r s t a n d m y

c la ims and w i l l d l smis the P E T I T I O N o n t h e

GROUNDS t h a t It i s a ILL minded an

c o n s c i e v e d i n m i s c o n s t r u c t l n g t h e LETTER OF

LAW r e l e v a n t STRATA TITLES ACT 1 9 7 3 a s

amended.

I b e l l e v e favour , t h a t t h e C o s t s w l l l be made i n my

and I f t h i s C o u r t has the power , w i l l

award my t h e a l l c Q s t s a l l way i n t h l s m a t t e r

i n c o n c e r n .

I l e t the COURT Immaglne how f a r t h e CONTEMPT

Qf COURT by t he pe r sons i nvo lved by t h l e r

..

p a r t i c i p a t i o n t o t h i s I11 ac t ion I may

m e n t i o n t h a t I have inforwed them by l e t t e r ,

wha t s t hey a re dooing wrong.

Being nyse l f no t a lawyer I doo no t know i f

t h i s C o u r t h a s t h e power t o award ny DAMAGES

ocured t o my by t h i s a c t l o n p u t t i n g ny i n t o

t h e s h a m e co-owner of BANKRUPTCY. IT I n t e r - a l l l a a

o f p rope r ty where I l i v e a p r o p e r t y

which i s e s t i m a t e v a l u e a t t h i s d a t e i s

b e t w e e n 1 0 0 . 000 and 130 .OOO d o l l a r s . I t i s

m o r t g a g e d b y l e s t h a n o n e q u a r t e r o f I t s

e s t ima ted sale v a l u e . I manage a f f a i r s n o t

THE BANKRUPTEER'S WAY	a s	t h e	HUNGRY	f o r
$1.600.

I n f l a t i o n a r y moneys, t r y t o s u g e s t h a t I m

golng such way. If t h i s C o u r t h a s the power

t o award t h e DAMAGES I a p l y f o r t h e n . I

b e l i e v e t h a t t h l s C o u r t w i l l t a k e t h e

o p o r t u n l t y t o d e v o n s t r a t e t h l e r s t a n d frvn

t h e mockery nade f ron the a lso p rev ious

COURTS t h a t t h i s s o l i c i t o r s h a v e n a d e , as

e v i d e n t l y i n r e l a t i o n t o the LETTER O F L A W ,

d l d it.

There was n o t I n the p roceed ings be fo re , any

r e s p e c t f o r "MAGNA CARTA" by t h l s s o l i c i t o r s .

Thls Notice i s f i l l e d by myself JOSEPH

HEDRLIN ( a person) i n n o t p r a c t l c i s s i n g t h e

FURRIER profession f o r many years .

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A f t e r n o t i n g t h e p e t i t i o n i n g c r e d i t o r ' S o b j e c t i o n s t o

the s a i d ~ u d g m e n t d e b t o r t o p r e s e n t a r g u T e n t i n s u p p o r t o f h l s no t lce o p p o s i n g t h e p e t i t i o n , t h e C o u r t c a l l e d o n t h e

opposition.

Thls he d id be tween 12 .15 p . ~ . and 3.35 p . m . ( e x c l u d i n g 1 hour

for l u n c h ) . A l a r g e pa r t o f t h i s t l T e w a s t aken ~p b y d e t a i l e d

references by him t o n m e r o u s s e c t i o n s of t h e S t r a t a T i t l e s A c t ,

1973 (N.S.W.) and t h e I n t e r D r e t a t i o n A c t 1837 ( N . S . W . ) . Curlng

t h i s tiTe t h e C o u r t d r e w t h e d e b t o r ' s a t t e n t i o n t o S .52 ( 2 ) ( a ) of

t h e B a n k r l l p t c y A c t . I t i s n o t e d t h a t h e Full C o q r t l n i t s

~ u d g - n e n t d e l i v e r e d 2 7 Oc tobe r 1982 had s t a t ed t ha t " w e nake l t

1 2 .

c l e a r t h a t n o t h i n g we h a v e s a i d a f f e c t s t h e a p p e l l a n t ' s ( t h e

d e b t o r ' S ) r l g h t a v o i d t o t h e c o n s e q u e n c e s of t h e a c t of

b a n k r u p t c y h e h a s c o m i t t e d b y e s t a b l l s h l n g a t t h e h e a r l n g o f a n y p e t i t i o n p r e s e n t e d a g a i n s t h i T t h a t h e i s a b l e t o p a y h i s

d e b t s . ' I A t t h e c o n c l u s l o n of his a r g w n e n t s t h e C o u r t i n v l t e d t h e

d e b t o r t o p r e s e n t a n y e v i d e n c e h e w l s h e d t o p l a c e b e f o r e t h e

Court i n r e s p e c t o f a n y T a t t e r . N o evidence was g iven by t he

debtor or anyone on h i s b e h a l f i n t h e p r e s e n t p r o c e e e d i n g s .

F u r t h e r , t h e d e b t o r i n t h e p r e s e n t p r o c e e d i n g s a g a i n

d l s p u t e d t h e r e t a m e r Qf t h e p e t i t i o n i n g c r e d i t o r ' s s o l l c i t o r .

Similar c h a l l e n g e s w e r e n a d e b y h i T a t h e h e a r i n g o f t h e

p r o c e e d i n g s i n t h e S u p r e n e C o u r t q f New S o u t h W a l e s , b e f o r e

Lockhart J. and be fo re t he F u l l Court . A s was t h e c a s e I n t h e

e a r l l e r h e a r l n g s a n y q u e s t l o n o f f a c t l n v o l v e d I n connection wl th

t h e r t a i n e r o f t h e body c o r p o r a t e ' s l e g a l r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s

produced no T o r e t h a n a s s e r t i o n s w h i c h , t o s a y t h e l e a s t , w e r e

unproven and af forded no suppor t fqr such a c h a l l e n g e .

A t t h e c o n c l l l s i o n o f t h e d e b t o r ' s a r g u w e n t s i t was

c l e a r t o t h e C o u r t t h a t t h e r e was no ev idence be fo re t he Cour t

t h a t h e was a b l e t o p a y h i s d e b t s ( c f . Re S a r l n a ; Ex p a r t e

C o u n c i l of The S h l r e o f W o l l o n d l l l y , 4 3 FLR 1 6 3 ; S a r i n a - v -

3 4 8 FLR 3 7 2 ) . F u r t h e r , t h e

d e b t o r had f a i l e d t o s a t l s f y t h e C o u r t t h a t t h e r e was any ground

w h i c h p r e v e n t e d t h e C o u r t f r o T h e a r i n g a n d d e t e r n l n l n g t h e

-

p e t l t l n n h e r e l n . The T a t t e r s r a i s e d I n t h e r m t l c e s e t o u t a b o v e

.. .-

1 3 .

i n r e s p e c t o f n a t t e r s w h i c h h a d a l r e a d y been d e t e r n i n e d b y t h e

Court are matters wh ich s ou ld no t re -opened be t h l s In

proceedlng	and	those	d e t e r n l n a t i o n s	a r e	b l n d i n g	a s	b e t w e e n	t h e
1

par t les . Nothing was p u t t o t h e C o u r t as p r e s e n t l y c o n s t i t u t e d

whlch would permit a d l s t u r b a n c e of s u c h d e t e r n l n a t i o n s .

L i k e w l s e , t h e d e b t o r h a s f a i l e d i n h l s a t t e n p t t o show t h a t the

Supreme Court of N e w South Wales was I n e r r o r i n d l s m l s s i n g h i s

a p p l i c a t i o n a g a i n s t t he p e t i t l o n l n g c r e d i t o r a n d a w a r d l n g the

p e t l t i q n i n g c r e d i t o r l t s c o s t s i n t h o s e proceedings. Accordingly t h e

C o u r t so r u l e d l n d l c a t i n g t h a t it would publ ish I t s r e a s o n s I n

t h i s r e g a r d l a t e r .

T h e r e a f t e r the Cour t p roceeded wi th the hear ing of the

c r e d i t o r ' S p e t l t l o n i n t h e u s u a l way. During s u c h h e a r i n g the

d e b t o r o b j e c t e d t o the t e n d e r o f t h e m l n u t e s o f t h e n e e t i n g o f

the Council o f the Proprietors o f S t r a t a P l a n No.3670 he ld on 1 5

Jllne 1982 and the Strata Managing Agent 's AgreeTent dated 1 J u l y

1982 made between the P r o p r l e t o r s of S t r a t a P l a n No.3670 and V.J.

Ray Pty. Limited. Such objections were over ru led . Paragraph 4

of the p e t i t l o n a s f i l e d w a s amended s u b s t l t u t i n g "27 October

1982" fo r "10 November 1 9 8 2 " a p p e a r i n g t h e r e i n . S e r v i c e o f t h e

p e t i t l o n so anended w a s d i spensed w i th . Thls amendnent was tr,

conforn w i t h t h e p r o v i s i o n s o f S . 4 1 ( 7 ) o f t h e A c t , 27 October

1982 being the d a t e when the F u l l C o u r t de te rn ined t h a t t h e C o u r t

was n o t s a t i s f l e d t h a t t h e d e b t o r h a d a c o u n t e r - c l a l n set-off or

c r o s s d e n a n d e q u a l t o or e x c e e d i n g t h e s u n s p e c i f i e d i n t h e

b a n k r u p t c y n o t i c e .

14.

B e m g s a t l s f l e d t h a t the deb to r had coT 'n l t t ea t he ac t

of b a n k r u p t c y a s a l l e g e d I n t h e p e t i t i o n a s a.nended and w i t h t h e

proof o f the o ther ' nna t te rs of whlch s.52(1) of t h e A c t r e q u l r e s

p r o o f , t h e C o u r t on 18 May 1983 'nade a s e q u e s t r a t i o n o r d e r

a g a i n s t t h e e s t a t e of t h e d e b t o r a n d o r d e r e d t h a t t h e p e t i t l o n l n g

c r e d i t o r ' s costs i n c l u d i n g r e s e r v e d c o s t s be p a l d I n a c c o r d a n c e

w l t h t h e A c t .

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