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Re Taylor, K.D

Case [1992] FCA 439

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AGLC: Re Taylor, K.D.; Ex Parte Natwest Australia Bank Ltd [1992] FCA 439 ((1992) 37 FCR 194)
Case: [1992] FCA 439
Decision Date: 24 JUNE 1992

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THE COURT DECLARES THAT:

1. It is satisfied that the debtor has committed the act of

bankruptcy alleged in the petition of failure to comply with the requirements of the bankruptcy notice.

2. It is satisfied with the proof of the other matters of which s.

52(1) of the Act requires proof.

THE COURT ORDERS THAT:

1. A sequestration order be made against the estate of the debtor.

2. The costs of the petitioning creditor (including any reserved

costs) be paid out of the estate of the debtor except where an order as to costs has previously been made.

Note: Settlement and entry of orders is dealt with in Order 36 of the Federal Court Rules.

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Re Taylor, K.D.; Ex Parte Natwest Australia Bank Ltd [1992] FCA 439 ((1992) 37 FCR 194)

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Citation 1 (Para 19)

…st be rejected. First, Mr Mead was ordinarily resident in Australia at the time of bankruptcy: Re Taylor; ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited (1992) 37 FCR 194. I do not accept Mr Mead’s submission that all of the matters in s 43(1)(b) must be satisfied. It is clear that the subsections in s 43(1)(b) are express…
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Citation 2 (Para 5)

…ent” are not technical terms and have their ordinary English meaning ( Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited [1992] FCA 296; (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 197 per Lockhart J). Whether a debtor is ordinarily resident in Australia is a question of fact and degree ( Re Taylor at 197). It is the debtor’s settled and…
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Citation 3 (Para 9)

…n the ordinary course of a person’s life he regularly or customarily lives”: see Re Taylor: Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Ltd [1992] FCA 296; (1992) 37 FCR 194 at [198] (Lockhart J). Mr Wikeley has given evidence in this Court that he is ordinarily a resident of Ukraine and that he has limited assets in Australia.…
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Citation 4 (Para 8)

…Mr Stack referred to authorities including Re an Infant [1981] Qd R 225, Re Taylor, Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited (1992) 37 FCR 194 ( Re Taylor ), and Re Adoption of BW [2017] NSWSC 174 which confirm one can be a resident in more than one place. (He noted the legislation in question here referred to being…
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Citation 5 (Para 18)

…ular place and their intention to treat a place as home. A person may simultaneously be usually resident in more than one place.[11] [11] Re Taylor (1992) 37 FCR 194. Oral evidence…
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Citation 6 (Para 4)

…n Rights ) [2020] VCAT 547 ( NTJ ).. [30] Ibid, [65] – [66], [74] ff. [31] NTJ at [75]. [32] Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Ltd (1992) 37 FCR 194; [1992] FCA 296.…
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Citation 7 (Para 2)

…ual residency, and therefore no weight should be placed on this evidence. [317] Re Kenneth Dudley Taylor Ex parte: Natwest Australia Bank Limited (1992) 37 FCR 194 at [24]; cited with approval in Stockton and Commissioner of Taxation [2019] FCA 1679; (2019) 110 ATR 772 per Logan J; see also Dempsey v Commissioner of…
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Citation 8 (Para 16)

…ecisions regarding the definition of ordinarily resident in numerous cases including : Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited, Lockhart J (1992) 37 FCR 194 in the context of an application for security for costs; Logue v Hansen Technologies Ltd [2003] FCA 81, per Weinberg J (security for costs).…
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Citation 9 (Para 79)

…y is provided by references to “ordinary residence” or “habitual residence” (for example, Re Taylor; ex parte National Australia Bank Ltd (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 98 and LK v Director-General, Department of Community Services (2009) 237 CLR 582; [2009] HCA 9 at [25]). The parties’ submissions proceeded on the basis that…
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Citation 10

…; Ex parte NatWest Bank Ltd (1992) 37 FCR 194 Re Vassis; Ex parte Leung (1986) 9 FCR 518 Restom v Battenberg [2007] FCA 46 Sandell v Porter (1966) 115 CLR 666 Sarina v Council of the Shire of Wollondilly (1980) 43 FLR 163 Sarina v Council of the Shire of Wollondilly (1980) 48 FLR 372 Sogelease Australia Ltd v Griffi…
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Citation 11 (Para 19)

…ch they are ordinarily resident in a large variety of circumstances and on various occasions. It is always a question of fact and degree. [1] (1992) 37 FCR 194.…
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Citation 12 (Para 5)

…e need not be exclusive; a person may reside in more than one place (Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited [1992] FCA 296; (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 198). For example, an individual who maintains two homes (say, one in Melbourne and one on the Gold Coast) and moves between them according to the seasons may b…
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Citation 13 (Para 4)

…ent” are not technical terms and have their ordinary English meaning ( Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited [1992] FCA 296; (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 197 per Lockhart J). Whether a debtor is ordinarily resident in Australia is a question of fact and degree ( Re Taylor at 197). It is the debtor’s settled and…
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Citation 14 (Para 3)

…chnical meaning for the purposes of the Act. [43] Australasian Temperance (304); Henry (505); see also Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Ltd (1992) 37 FCR 194, 197. [44] Australasian Temperance (337).…
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Citation 15 (Para 26)

…of casual or intermittent resort.’ [5] Re: Maha Hafza And: Director-General Of Social Security (1985) 6 FCR 444; [1985] FCA 164. [6] Re Taylor (1992) 37 FCR 194.…
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Citation 16 (Para 17)

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Citation 17 (Para 30)

…or customarily live with some element of permanence rather than casually or intermittently: Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 198 per Lockhart J. One searches for the centre of the person’s personal and family life as disclosed by the facts of the person’s activities: LK v Dire…
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Citation 18 (Para 4)

…Just as it was in Taylor v Natwest Australia Bank Limited (1992) 37 FCR 194, a bankruptcy case where an issue was where a bankrupt was “ordinarily resident”, Ms Stockton’s self-description as to her status, as recorded by her on her passenger cards and her tax file number application, is relevant but not determinati…
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Citation 19 (Para 11)

…e in more than one place, each of which has an element of permanence about it and is not merely a place of casual or intermittent resort. [1] (1992) 37 FCR 194.…
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Citation 20 (Para 38)

…In Re Taylor; ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Ltd (1992) 37 FCR 194 ( Re Taylor ), Lockhart J, in the context of whether a person was ordinarily resident in Australia at the time of an act of bankruptcy said (at 198):…
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Citation 21 (Para 18)

…. Likewise, a change of intention may be decisive of the question whether residence in a particular place has been maintained.[34] [33] Re Taylor (1992) 37 FCR 194; also see Hafza v Director General of Social Security (1985) 6 FCR 444; [1985] FCA 164. [34] Hafza v Director General of Social Security (1985) 6 FCR 444…
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Citation 22 (Para 20)

…Mr Rowan has also referred to Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited (1992) 37 FCR 194, a case which involved the interpretation of ‘ordinary residence’ in the Bankruptcy Act 1966 . The Court held at 198 that: …a person may have two places of residence; for example a city flat and country residence. He m…
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Citation 23 (Para 32)

…esidence need not be exclusive; a person may reside in more than one place ( Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Ltd (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 198). For example, an individual who maintains two homes (say, one in Melbourne and one on the Gold Coast) and moves between them according to the seasons may be a resident…
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Citation 24 (Para 7)

…rily resident in Australia. The expression “ ordinarily resident ” was explored by Lockhart J in Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Ltd (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 198: To say that a person is ordinarily resident in Australia must mean something more than that he is resident in Australia. The word “ordinarily” conn…
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Citation 25 (Para 10)

…for the purposes of the Act. Rather they bear their ordinary meaning: Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited (“ Re Taylor ”) (1992) 37 FCR 194 ( Taylor) at 197 and 198 (Lockhart J). Thus Lockhart J in Taylor held that: The concept of ‘ordinary residence’ for the purposes of the Act, in my opinion, conno…
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Citation 26 (Para 13)

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Citation 27 (Para 19)

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Citation 28 (Para 1)

…egree in all the circumstances of the particular case. See the comments of the Court, coram Lockhart J, in Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Bank Ltd (1992) 37 FCR 194): The concept of “ordinary residence” for the purposes of the Act, in my opinion, connotes a place where in the ordinary course of a person's life he regul…
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Citation 29 (Para 25)

…place, residence need not be exclusive; a person may reside in more than one place (Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 198). For example, an individual who maintains two homes (say, one in Melbourne and one on the Gold Coast) and moves between them according to the seasons may b…
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Citation 30 (Para 1)

…In Re Taylor; ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Ltd (1992) 37 FCR 194, Lockhart J said at [198], in the context of whether a person was ordinarily resident in Australia at the time of an act of bankruptcy:…
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Citation 31 (Para 18)

…place, residence need not be exclusive; a person may reside in more than one place (Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 198). For example, an individual who maintains two homes (say, one in Melbourne and one on the Gold Coast) and moves between them according to the seasons may b…
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Citation 32 (Para 1)

…g of the word "ordinarily resident" in the context of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) in judgment in Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 198:-…
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Citation 33 (Para 1)

…The concept of "ordinarily resident" was considered in Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Ltd (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 198 where Lockhart J observed that the concept "connotes a place where in the ordinary course of a person's life he regularly or customarily lives" involving "some element of permanence" as dist…
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Citation 34 (Para 23)

…nary residence outside Australia, and also the possibility of lengthy absences from Australia (see Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 198, and Battenberg v Restom [2007] FCAFC 195 at [12]).…
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Citation 35 (Para 24)

…resident” . The observations made in that context are apposite to the present context. In Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 197, Lockhart J held that those expressions are not technical terms and have their ordinary English meaning. Whether a person is ordinarily resident in Au…
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Citation 36

…place, residence need not be exclusive; a person may reside in more than one place ( Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 198). For example, an individual who maintains two homes (say, one in Melbourne and one on the Gold Coast) and moves between them according to the seasons may b…
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Citation 37 (Para 15)

…nd “ordinarily resident” are not technical terms and have their ordinary English meaning ( Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 197 per Lockhart J). Whether a debtor is ordinarily resident in Australia is a question of fact and degree ( Re Taylor at 197). It is the debtor’s settled…
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Citation 38 (Para 1)

…has long been recognised, particularly in the context of bankruptcy and revenue cases. For example, in Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Ltd (1992) 37 FCR 194, Lockhart J considered that expression, noting that the words had no technical or special meaning, being ordinary English words and that the question…
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Citation 39 (Para 1)

…The plaintiff relied upon Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Ltd (1992) 37 FCR 194, where Lockhart J stated at 198:…
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Citation 40 (Para 1)

…iscussing the meaning of “ordinarily resident in Australia” within s 43(1)(b)(i) of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth), Lockhart J said:[6] [4](1992) 37 FCR 194. [5]Ibid at 197. [6](1992) 37 FCR 194 at 198.…
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Citation 41

…venue Commissioners v Lysaght [1928] AC 234 Re Vassis; ex parte Leung (1986) 9 FCR 518 Re Taylor; ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Ltd (1992) 37 FCR 194 Corbett v Nguyen [2008] NSWSC 1265 Logue v Hansen Technologies Ltd [2003] FCA 81; (2003) 125 FCR 590 Hafza v D-G of Social Security (1985) 6 FCR 444 Macrae v Macrae…
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Citation 42

…pplication refused CASES CITED: Inland Revenue Commissioners v Lysaght [1928] AC 234 Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Ltd (1992) 37 FCR 194 Logue v Hansen Technologies Ltd [2003] FCA 81 Leyvand v Barasch (High Court of Justice, 15th February 2000 unreported; 2000 WL191256) Corby v Channel Seven Sydney Pty…
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Citation 43

…place, residence need not be exclusive; a person may reside in more than one place ( Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 198). For example, an individual who maintains two homes (say, one in Melbourne and one on the Gold Coast) and moves between them according to the seasons may b…
Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Barnes [2008] FMCA 7
Citation 44 (Para 10)

…d Kingdom. A person can be ordinarily resident in more than one country at the same time.[24] [24] Re Taylor, Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited (1992) 37 FCR 194 at pp. 198-200 per Lockhart J; Mathai v Kwee (2005) 3 ABC(NS) 268 at 285-286 per Graham J; [2005] FCA 932 at paras 121-126 per Graham J (“ Mathai ”).…
Battenberg v Restom [2007] FCAFC 195
Citation 45 (Para 11)

…. Authorities show that a person can be ordinarily resident in more than one place at a time; see, Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 198 and Mathai v Kwee [2005] FCA 932 at [124].…
Director-General NSW Department of Primary Industries v Richard Bagnall [2007] NSWSC 1388
Citation 46

…6 NSWLR 130 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28; (1998) 194 CLR 355 Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Ltd (1992) 37 FCR 194 Sharman v Director of Public Prosecutions [2006] NSWSC 135; (2006) 161 A Crim R 1 PARTIES: Director-General NSW Department of Primary Industries Rich…
Restom v Battenberg [2007] FCA 46
Citation 47 (Para 5)

…In Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 197 Lockhart J said, in a statement that is now settled law: ‘I shall not attempt to give any comprehensive definition of the word “resident”. It has no technical or special meaning for the purposes of the Act. Nor do the words “ordinarily re…
SZBYR v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2007] FCA 26
Citation 48 (Para 15)

…places of residence: Re Vassis; Ex parte Leung (1986) 9 FCR 518 at 524-525 per Burchett J; Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 197 per Lockhart J. The particular problem of a person possibly being ordinarily resident in two places does not arise here because the criterion in s 4(6…
Secretary, Department of Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs v Baccon [2006] FCA 773
Citation 49 (Para 10)

…e in only one place, residence need not be exclusive; a person may reside in more than one place ( Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Limited (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 198). For example, an individual who maintains two homes (say, one in Melbourne and one on the Gold Coast) and moves between them according to the…
Firdousi and Secretary, Department of Family and Community Services [2005] AATA 1304
Citation 50 (Para 1)

…] [10] (1946) 73 CLR 93 [11] [1928] AC 217 at 222 [12] [1928] AC 234 [13] see also Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Ltd (1992) 37 FCR 194 at 197 per Lockhart J. [14] [1928] AC 234 per Lord Buckmaster cited with approval by Dixon J at (1946) 73 CLR 93 at 103. [15] (1946) 73 CLR 93 at 101…

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Citation 1

…nd income tax (Robertson v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1937) 57 CLR 147; Koitaki Para Rubber Estates Limited v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1941) 64 CLR 241 per Starke J. at 246 and Williams J. at 249; Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Lysaght (1928) AC 234 per Lord Buckmaster at 247; Levene v Commissione…
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Citation 2

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Citation 3

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