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AGLC: Re Wild K9 Pty Ltd (in liq) [2025] VSC 178
Case: [2025] VSC 178
Decision Date: 10 April 2025 (revised on 11 April 2025)

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Re Wild K9 Pty Ltd (in liq) [2025] VSC 178

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In the matter of Trinco (NSW) Pty Ltd (in liq) [2025] NSWSC 993

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In the matter of Trinco (NSW) Pty Ltd (in liq) [2025] NSWSC 993
Citation 1 (Para 36)

…of tax to be paid can be calculated, or alternatively, when the company was required to remit payment: see In the matter of Wild K9 Pty Ltd (in liq) [2025] VSC 178 at [57].…

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Brazel v State of Victoria [2024] VSCA 327
Citation 1 (Para 2)

…by the Court of Appeal in Daher v Bell [2021] VSCA 192, [13] (Kryou, Kaye and Kennedy JJA). See also Brazel v State of Victoria [2024] VSCA 327 at [89] (Kaye JA); Biddle v Miele Australia Pty Ltd [2025] VSC 146 (O’Meara J) at [67]-[79].…
Tessa v The King [2024] VSCA 204
Citation 2 (Para 4)

…respect or contempt.’[18] [17][2012] WASCA 96. [18]Ibid [109] (Mazza JA, with Martin CJ and Buss JA agreeing). See also Samuel Tessa v The King [2024] VSCA 204 [176] (Boyce, Orr and T Forrest JJA).…
Daher v Bell [2021] VSCA 192
Citation 3 (Para 2)

…)].[13] [12][2020] VSC 346. [13]Ibid [8]-[9] (emphasis added). This summary was approved by the Court of Appeal in Daher v Bell [2021] VSCA 192, [13] (Kryou, Kaye and Kennedy JJA). See also Brazel v State of Victoria [2024] VSCA 327 at [89] (Kaye JA); Biddle v Miele Australia Pty Ltd [2025] VSC 146 (O’Meara J) at…
Price v Spoor [2021] HCA 20
Citation 4 (Para 12)

…stralia Meat Holdings Pty Ltd [2005] QCA 415; [2006] 2 Qd R 235 [38] (Jerrard and Keane JJA and Douglas J); Price v Spoor (2021) 270 CLR 450, 482 (Steward J) (‘ Price v Spoor ’). [94] Price v Spoor 482. [95]Ibid. (b)rule 13.07(1) of the Rules states: A party shall, in any pleading subsequent to a statement of claim,…
Yeo, in the matter of Bradi Transport Pty Ltd (in liq) v Sklenovski [2020] FCA 1540
Citation 5 (Para 2)

…Walsh Group (Aust) Pty Ltd [2021] VSC 206 [38] (Hetyey AsJ). [36] Pollock 224 (Ipp J); Re Overgold [12]-[16] (Gardiner AsJ); Yeo v Sklenovski [2020] FCA 1540 [28] (Anderson J) (‘ Yeo v Sklenovski ’). [37]See Powell v Fryer 443–444 (Olsson J, with Duggan and Williams JJ agreeing); Sands & McDougall Wholesale v Comm…
James v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd [2020] NSWCA 101
Citation 6 (Para 12)

…dgment and/or part-payment of the loan by Mr Thompson (see s 24(3) of the LAA). [96]Citing Pullen 75-76. [97]Citing James v Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (1986) 64 ALR 347, 396 (Toohey J); citing Limitation of Actions – The Laws of Australia [5.10.2530].…
Gill v Ethicon Sàrl (No 5) [2019] FCA 1905
Citation 7 (Para 12)

…urance Asia Pacific Ltd v Packer (2000) 23 WAR 159, 171 (Malcolm CJ, with Kennedy J agreeing); Gill v Ethicon Sarl (No 5) [2019] FCA 1905 [4601] (Katzmann J); Hamling v Australia Meat Holdings Pty Ltd [2005] QCA 415; [2006] 2 Qd R 235 [38] (Jerrard and Keane JJA and Douglas J); Price v Spoor (2021) 270 CLR 450, 48…
Queensland Phosphate Pty Ltd v Korda [No 2] [2019] VSCA 215
Citation 8 (Para 4)

…124 (Palmer J); Australian Beverage Distributors v The Redrock Co [2008] NSWSC 3 [146]-[156] (Austin J); Queensland Phosphate Pty Ltd v Korda [No 2] [2019] VSCA 215 [99]-[100] (Kyrou, McLeish, Niall JJ) (‘ Queensland Phosphate ’). [51] Edwards v Attorney General (2004) 60 NSWLR 667, 679 (Spigelman CJ) (‘ Edwards…
Yang v Finder Earth Pty Ltd [2019] VSCA 22
Citation 9 (Para 10)

…plaintiffs’ pleading, each of the allegations in the further amended statement of claim is taken to be admitted.[2] [2] Yang v Finder Earth Pty Ltd [2019] VSCA 22 at [24] (Maxwell P, Tate and Emerton JJA).…
Doughty-Cowell v Kyriazis [2018] VSCA 216
Citation 10 (Para 2)

…cision of the Court of Appeal in Roberts v Harkness [(2018) 57 VR 334 (‘ Roberts ’)], which was applied in Doughty-Cowell v Kyriazis [[2018] VSCA 216 [63]–[64]], the Court made it clear that a litigant must have a reasonable opportunity of presenting his case. What amounts to a reasonable opportunity of presenting…
Roberts v Harkness [2018] VSCA 215
Citation 11 (Para 2)

…a fair trial and not afford an advantage to the self-represented litigant. In the decision of the Court of Appeal in Roberts v Harkness [(2018) 57 VR 334 (‘ Roberts ’)], which was applied in Doughty-Cowell v Kyriazis [[2018] VSCA 216 [63]–[64]], the Court made it clear that a litigant must have a reasonable opport…
Stone v Melrose Cranes & Rigging Pty Ltd (in Liq) (No 2) [2018] FCA 530
Citation 12 (Para 6)

…s liq of Doran Constructions Pty Ltd (in liq)) v Doran (2005) 219 ALR 555, 579. See also Stone v Melrose Cranes & Rigging Pty Ltd (in liq) (No 2) [2018] FCA 530 [146] (Marcovic J). [56] Queensland Phosphate [99].…
Edwards v Attorney-General [2018] NZHC 300
Citation 13 (Para 4)

…hosphate Pty Ltd v Korda [No 2] [2019] VSCA 215 [99]-[100] (Kyrou, McLeish, Niall JJ) (‘ Queensland Phosphate ’). [51] Edwards v Attorney General (2004) 60 NSWLR 667, 679 (Spigelman CJ) (‘ Edwards v Attorney General ’); New Cap Reinsurance Corporation Ltd (in liq) v A E Grant (2008) ACSR 176, 194 (White J); Fitzgerald…
Featherstone v Ashala Model Agency Pty Ltd (in liq) [2017] QCA 260
Citation 14 (Para 2)

…cy Pty Ltd (in liq) v Featherstone [2017] 2 Qd R 1 [81], [91] (undisturbed on appeal in Featherstone v Ashala Model Agency Pty Ltd (in liq) [2017] QCA 260 [21] (Sofronoff P), [114] (Morrison JA), [200] (McMurdo JA)).…
Smith v Boné, in the matter of ACN 002 864 002 Pty Ltd (in liq) (No 3) [2016] FCA 1350
Citation 15 (Para 3)

…and matters must be shown to exist which would enable a director of reasonable competence and diligence to suspect insolvency.[23] [22] Smith v Bone (2015) 104 ACSR 528, 581; [2015] FCA 319 (Gleeson J); Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Plymin (2003) 175 FLR 124, 224–225; [2003] VSC 123 (Mandie J) (‘…
James v Australian and New Zealand Banking Group Limited [2016] NSWSC 833
Citation 16 (Para 12)

…son (see s 24(3) of the LAA). [96]Citing Pullen 75-76. [97]Citing James v Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (1986) 64 ALR 347, 396 (Toohey J); citing Limitation of Actions – The Laws of Australia [5.10.2530].…
Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v WZARH [2015] HCA 40
Citation 17 (Para 3)

…hich the litigant has filed and, where there is an oral hearing, on the quality of the litigant’s verbal communication with the Court [Cf WZARH (2015) 256 CLR 326, 338 [40]]. Very often, the judicial officer will be able to assess relatively quickly whether, and to what extent, the litigant will need assistance, eith…
Smith v Bone (No 2) [2015] FCA 389
Citation 18 (Para 3)

…nstead, facts and matters must be shown to exist which would enable a director of reasonable competence and diligence to suspect insolvency.[23] [22] Smith v Bone (2015) 104 ACSR 528, 581; [2015] FCA 319 (Gleeson J); Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Plymin (2003) 175 FLR 124, 224–225; [2003] VSC 123…
Smith v Bone [2015] FCA 319
Citation 19 (Para 3)

…to exist which would enable a director of reasonable competence and diligence to suspect insolvency.[23] [22] Smith v Bone (2015) 104 ACSR 528, 581; [2015] FCA 319 (Gleeson J); Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Plymin (2003) 175 FLR 124, 224–225; [2003] VSC 123 (Mandie J) (‘ Plymin ’); Quin v Vl…
Tsueneaki v Stewart [2013] ACTCA 34
Citation 20 (Para 16)

…upreme Court of Victoria, S ECI 2023 01592, Hetyey AsJ, ruling on 9 May 2024) (‘ ruling on adjournment application ’). [4]Ibid 25. [5](2009) 239 CLR 175; [2009] HCA 27. [6]Ibid 9 (French CJ); 53 (Gummow, Hayne, Crennan, Kiefel and Bell JJ). [7]Ibid.…
JENKINS & STEWART [2013] FamCA 387
Citation 21 (Para 3)

…guable legal point underlying the unrepresented litigant’s arguments but which he/she has not been able to articulate [See, eg, Neil v Nott (1994) 121 ALR 148, 150]. In those circumstances, in our view, the duty to afford a fair hearing may require the judicial officer to seek to elicit and elucidate the legal point,…
O'Connell v The State of Western Australia [2012] WASCA 96
Citation 22 (Para 4)

…flout the legal or procedural rules, ignore the law of evidence or to treat the trial judge and witnesses with disrespect or contempt.’[18] [17][2012] WASCA 96. [18]Ibid [109] (Mazza JA, with Martin CJ and Buss JA agreeing). See also Samuel Tessa v The King [2024] VSCA 204 [176] (Boyce, Orr and T Forrest JJA).…
Morris v Danoz Directions Pty Ltd (in liq) (No 2) [2010] FCA 836
Citation 23 (Para 5)

…es not, of itself, establish solvency. [52] Plymin 214–215. [53]See decision of Perram J in Morris v Danoz Directions Pty Ltd (in Liq) (No 2) [2010] FCA 836 [13]. [54](2008) 68 ACSR 493, 492.…
Playspace Playground Pty Ltd v Osborn [2009] FCA 1486
Citation 24 (Para 8)

…t is sufficient if the Court is satisfied there has been a contravention on the balance of probabilities. [28] Playspace Playground Pty Ltd v Osborne [2009] FCA 1486 [43] (Reeves J). See also Commonwealth Bank v Friedrich (1991) 5 ACSR 115, 124 (Tadgell J); Voidable Transactions in Company Insolvency [10.56].…
McLellan, in the matter of the Stake Man Pty Ltd v Carroll [2009] FCA 1415
Citation 25 (Para 6)

…g) (‘ Powell v Fryer ’); Kenna & Brown Pty Ltd (in liq) v Kenna (1999) 32 ACSR 430, 444 (Bergin J); Re McLellan ; The Stake Man Pty Ltd v Carroll (2009) 76 ACSR 67, 96-97 (Goldberg J). See also Quin v Vlahos [216]. [27] Elliott v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (2004) 10 VR 369, 402 (Warren CJ, Char…
Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University [2009] HCA 27
Citation 26 (Para 16)

…oria, S ECI 2023 01592, Hetyey AsJ, ruling on 9 May 2024) (‘ ruling on adjournment application ’). [4]Ibid 25. [5](2009) 239 CLR 175; [2009] HCA 27. [6]Ibid 9 (French CJ); 53 (Gummow, Hayne, Crennan, Kiefel and Bell JJ). [7]Ibid.…
Lewis, Re Damilock Pty Ltd (in liq) v VI SA Australia Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 1801
Citation 27 (Para 5)

…ish solvency. [52] Plymin 214–215. [53]See decision of Perram J in Morris v Danoz Directions Pty Ltd (in Liq) (No 2) [2010] FCA 836 [13]. [54](2008) 68 ACSR 493, 492.…
New Cap Reinsurance Corporation Ltd (in liq) v A E Grant [2008] NSWSC 1015
Citation 28 (Para 4)

…ey General (2004) 60 NSWLR 667, 679 (Spigelman CJ) (‘ Edwards v Attorney General ’); New Cap Reinsurance Corporation Ltd (in liq) v A E Grant (2008) ACSR 176, 194 (White J); Fitzgerald v CBL Insurance Ltd [2014] VSC 493 [100] (Sloss J); Re Legend International Holdings Inc (in liq) [2018] VSC 789 [142] (Randall As…
Williams v Scholz [2008] QCA 94
Citation 29 (Para 2)

…his appointment as director. [86]See DCOT v Clark 142. [87] Williams (as liquidator of Scholz Motor Group Pty Ltd (in liq) v Scholz [2008] QCA 94 [36] (Keane JA, as his Honour then was, with Muir JA and Mackenzie AJA agreeing); Quin v Vlahos [263]. [88]See DCOT v Clark 149.…
Australian Beverage Distributors v The Redrock Co [2008] NSWSC 3
Citation 30 (Para 4)

…thern Cross Interiors Pty Ltd v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (2001) 188 ALR 114, 124 (Palmer J); Australian Beverage Distributors v The Redrock Co [2008] NSWSC 3 [146]-[156] (Austin J); Queensland Phosphate Pty Ltd v Korda [No 2] [2019] VSCA 215 [99]-[100] (Kyrou, McLeish, Niall JJ) (‘ Queensland Phosphate ’).…
Hamling v Australia Meat Holdings Pty Ltd [2005] QCA 415
Citation 31 (Para 12)

…dy J agreeing); Gill v Ethicon Sarl (No 5) [2019] FCA 1905 [4601] (Katzmann J); Hamling v Australia Meat Holdings Pty Ltd [2005] QCA 415; [2006] 2 Qd R 235 [38] (Jerrard and Keane JJA and Douglas J); Price v Spoor (2021) 270 CLR 450, 482 (Steward J) (‘ Price v Spoor ’). [94] Price v Spoor 482. [95]Ibid. (b)rule 1…
Lewis v Doran [2005] NSWCA 243
Citation 32 (Para 6)

…l due is a question of fact[55] to be ascertained from a consideration of the company’s financial position taken as a whole.[56] [55] Lewis v Doran (2004) 208 ALR 385, 408–409 (Palmer J), approved by the New South Wales Court of Appeal in Lewis (as liq of Doran Constructions Pty Ltd (in liq)) v Doran (2005) 219 ALR 5…
Edwards v Attorney General [2004] NSWCA 272
Citation 33 (Para 4)

…6] (Austin J); Queensland Phosphate Pty Ltd v Korda [No 2] [2019] VSCA 215 [99]-[100] (Kyrou, McLeish, Niall JJ) (‘ Queensland Phosphate ’). [51] Edwards v Attorney General (2004) 60 NSWLR 667, 679 (Spigelman CJ) (‘ Edwards v Attorney General ’); New Cap Reinsurance Corporation Ltd (in liq) v A E Grant (2008) ACSR 176, 194 (White J…
Lewis v Doran [2004] NSWSC 608
Citation 34 (Para 6)

…when they fall due is a question of fact[55] to be ascertained from a consideration of the company’s financial position taken as a whole.[56] [55] Lewis v Doran (2004) 208 ALR 385, 408–409 (Palmer J), approved by the New South Wales Court of Appeal in Lewis (as liq of Doran Constructions Pty Ltd (in liq)) v Doran (200…
Elliott v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2004] VSCA 54
Citation 35 (Para 6)

…ACSR 430, 444 (Bergin J); Re McLellan ; The Stake Man Pty Ltd v Carroll (2009) 76 ACSR 67, 96-97 (Goldberg J). See also Quin v Vlahos [216]. [27] Elliott v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (2004) 10 VR 369, 402 (Warren CJ, Charles JA and O’Bryan AJA).…
Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Clark [2003] NSWCA 91
Citation 36 (Para 1)

…Manufacturers Ltd v Lewis (1988) 13 NSWLR 315, 318-319 (Kirby P in his Honour’s dissenting judgment). [80] Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Clark (2003) 57 NSWLR 113, 141 (Spigelman CJ, with Handley and Hodgson JA agreeing) (‘ DCOT v Clark ’). [81]Ibid 144.…
Southern Cross Interiors Pty Ltd v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation [2001] NSWSC 621
Citation 37 (Para 4)

…e transaction claims under Division 2 of Part 5.7B of the legislation.[51] [50]See Southern Cross Interiors Pty Ltd v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (2001) 188 ALR 114, 124 (Palmer J); Australian Beverage Distributors v The Redrock Co [2008] NSWSC 3 [146]-[156] (Austin J); Queensland Phosphate Pty Ltd v Korda [No 2]…
Powell v Fryer [2001] SASC 59
Citation 38 (Para 6)

…was actually aware there were grounds for suspecting insolvency at the time the company incurred a debt.[27] [26]Ibid [10.46], citing Powell v Fryer (2001) 159 FLR 433, 446 (Olsson J, with Duggan and Williams JJ agreeing) (‘ Powell v Fryer ’); Kenna & Brown Pty Ltd (in liq) v Kenna (1999) 32 ACSR 430, 444 (Bergin J)…
Cigna Insurance Asia Pacific Ltd v Packer [2000] WASCA 415
Citation 39 (Para 12)

…l and Hayne JJ) (‘ Pullen ’); Baker v Culvenor [2019] VSC 224 [34] (Ginnane J); Cigna Insurance Asia Pacific Ltd v Packer (2000) 23 WAR 159, 171 (Malcolm CJ, with Kennedy J agreeing); Gill v Ethicon Sarl (No 5) [2019] FCA 1905 [4601] (Katzmann J); Hamling v Australia Meat Holdings Pty Ltd [2005] QCA 415; [2006] 2 Qd…
Tourprint International Pty Ltd (In Liq) v Bott [1999] NSWSC 581
Citation 40 (Para 11)

…olves a higher degree of satisfaction or certainty than mere hope, possibility or suspicion.[33] [32] Tourprint International Pty Ltd (in liq) v Bott (1999) 32 ACSR 201, 215 (Austin J). [33]Ibid.…
Kenna & Brown Pty Ltd v Kenna [1999] NSWSC 533
Citation 41 (Para 6)

…ell v Fryer (2001) 159 FLR 433, 446 (Olsson J, with Duggan and Williams JJ agreeing) (‘ Powell v Fryer ’); Kenna & Brown Pty Ltd (in liq) v Kenna (1999) 32 ACSR 430, 444 (Bergin J); Re McLellan ; The Stake Man Pty Ltd v Carroll (2009) 76 ACSR 67, 96-97 (Goldberg J). See also Quin v Vlahos [216]. [27] Elliott v Austra…
Lee v The Queen [1998] HCA 60
Citation 42 (Para 3)

…ver liabilities in a company’s balance sheet may nevertheless be used as a non-conclusive indicator of insolvency.[49] [49] Quick v Stoland Pty Ltd (1998) 87 FCR 371, 380 (Emmett J); Quin v Vlahos [45].…
Neil v Nott [1994] HCA 23
Citation 43 (Para 3)

…ay be, an arguable legal point underlying the unrepresented litigant’s arguments but which he/she has not been able to articulate [See, eg, Neil v Nott (1994) 121 ALR 148, 150]. In those circumstances, in our view, the duty to afford a fair hearing may require the judicial officer to seek to elicit and elucidate the…
Community Development Pty Ltd v Engwirda Construction Co [1969] HCA 47
Citation 44 (Para 4)

…sonal and Corporate Law and Practice (Thomson Reuters, 11 th ed, 2022) [1.75]; Community Development Pty Ltd v Engwirda Construction Co (1969) 120 CLR 455, 459 (Kitto J, with Barwick CJ and Windeyer J agreeing); Re Melbournehomes.com , 413), whereas a prospective debt is not immediately payable but will become due on…
Elliott v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2002] HCATrans 425
Citation 45 (Para 6)

…td v Carroll (2009) 76 ACSR 67, 96-97 (Goldberg J). See also Quin v Vlahos [216]. [27] Elliott v Australian Securities and Investments Commission (2004) 10 VR 369, 402 (Warren CJ, Charles JA and O’Bryan AJA).…
Ace Contractors & Staff Pty Ltd v Westgarth Development Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 728
Citation 46 (Para 2)

…able to pay its debts as they fall due, despite a deficiency of assets.[48] [46](2006) 58 ACSR 631, 651-652 (‘ Crema v Land Mark Property ’). [47][1999] FCA 728. [48] Crema v Land Mark Property 652.…
Metropolitan Fire Systems Pty Ltd v Miller [1997] FCA 399
Citation 47 (Para 1)

…ect of those defences, the elements of which must be established on the balance of probabilities.[70] [70] Metropolitan Fire Systems Pty Ltd v Miller (1997) 23 ACSR 699 (Einfield J).…
Commissioner of Taxation v Simionato Holdings Pty Ltd [1997] FCA 25
Citation 48 (Para 4)

…rds v Attorney General 679; Stonegate Securities Ltd v Gregory [1980] Ch 576; [1980] 1 All ER 241, 244; Re Simionato Holdings Pty Ltd ; Commissioner of Taxation v Simionato Holdings Pty Ltd (1997) 15 ACLC 477 (Mansfield J)).…
Biddle v Miele Australia Pty Ltd [2025] VSC 146
Citation 49 (Para 2)

…Kaye and Kennedy JJA). See also Brazel v State of Victoria [2024] VSCA 327 at [89] (Kaye JA); Biddle v Miele Australia Pty Ltd [2025] VSC 146 (O’Meara J) at [67]-[79].…
Re Rococo Group Pty Ltd (in liq) [2022] VSC 167
Citation 50 (Para 4)

…] VSC 493 [100] (Sloss J); Re Legend International Holdings Inc (in liq) [2018] VSC 789 [142] (Randall AsJ); Re Rococo Group Pty Ltd (in liq) [2022] VSC 167 [85] (Hetyey AsJ) (‘ Re Rococo ’). See also Expo International Pty Ltd (in liq) v Chant [1979] 2 NSWLR 820, 838-839 (Needham J). A contingent debt exists whe…

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