Saveski v Velik

In the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, Judge Barnes heard an application by Goce Saveski to set aside Bankruptcy Notice BN1365, issued on 6 March 2012 at the request of Stephen Wayne Velik, trading as SV Law. The bankruptcy notice identified the debtors as "Mrs Ruza Saveska" and "Mr George Saveski," and the applicant, Mr Saveski, did not dispute that he was one of the named debtors.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the bankruptcy notice should be set aside. This notice was founded upon a judgment from the Local Court of New South Wales dated 22 March 2011, which ordered Mrs Saveska and George Saveski to pay Stephen Wayne Velik $26,336.96, plus assessed costs. Mr Saveski had acknowledged receiving the bankruptcy notice on 8 March 2012 and also sought a stay of bankruptcy proceedings, citing ongoing litigation in the Supreme Court to set aside the underlying judgment.

The court dismissed Mr Saveski's application to set aside the bankruptcy notice. The reasoning, though not fully detailed in the provided text, indicates that the applicant's grounds for setting aside the notice were not sufficiently established. Consequently, the court ordered that the applicant pay the respondent's costs.