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Case [2020] FamCA 968 20 November 2020

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FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA

SIGLEY & DE SANTIS AND ORS (NO. 5)

[2020] FamCA 968

FAMILY LAW – PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – applicant further amending statement of claim – leave sought – 12 day trial consumed arguing pleading amendments.

SHAM TRANSACTIONS – review of applicable case law.

Corporations Act2001 (Cth), ss 491, 494, 496, 541, 601AD, 601AH
Family Law Act 1975 (Cth), ss 79, 80, 85, 87(11), 90SS, 90UN, 106B, 114, 117
Family Law Amendment Act 2000 (Cth), sch 3
Family Law Rules 2004 (Cth), r 19.10

AG Securities v Vaughan [1990] 1 AC 417
ANZ Banking Group v Harper (1988) 11 Fam LR 649
Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175
Ascot Investments Pty Ltd v Harper (1981) 148 CLR 337
Ashington Piggeries Ltd v Christopher Hill Ltd [1972] AC 441
Australian Broadcasting Corporation v XIVth Commonwealth Games Ltd (1988) 18 NSWLR 540
Australian Security Estates Pty Ltd v Bluecrest Holdings Pty Ltd (in liq) (2002) 169 FLR 111
Barendse v Comptroller-General of Customs (1996) 136 FLR 243
Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336
Chen & Chen (No 3) [2020] FamCA 744
Clutha Ltd (in liq) v Millar (No 5) (2002) 43 ACSR 295
Commissioner for Corporate Affairs v Harvey [1980] VR 669
Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 64
Cranstoun v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1984) 75 FLR 220
Cresvale Far East Ltd (in liq) v Cresvale Securities Ltd (No 2) (2001) 39 ACSR 622
East-West Airlines v Commonwealth (1983) 57 ALJR 783
Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Glengallan Investments Pty Ltd (2004) 218 CLR 471
Fisher v Fisher (1986) 161 CLR 438
Gibbons v LibertyOne Ltd (in liq) (2002) 41 ACSR 442
Gissing v Gissing [1971] AC 886
Hadjiloucas v Crean [1987] 3 All ER 1008
In the Marriage of Bassola (No 2) (1985) 10 Fam LR 413
In the Marriage of Collins (1987) 11 Fam LR 382
In the Marriage of Davidson (1994) 17 Fam LR 656
In the Marriage of Gould (1993) 17 Fam LR 156
In the Marriage of Hudson (1986) 11 Fam LR 189
In the Marriage of Turnbull (1990) 15 Fam LR 81
In the Marriage of Whitaker (1980) 5 Fam LR 769
In the Marriage of Wilson (1989) 13 Fam LR 205
L’Estrange v F Graucob Ltd [1934] 2 KB 394
Lewis v Condon (2013) 85 NSWLR 99
Munnings v Australian Government Solicitor (1994) 68 ALJR 169
Munnings v Australian Government Solicitor (No 2) (1994) 68 ALJR 429
National Westminster Bank plc v Jones [2001] 1 BCLC 98
Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd v Bligh (1940) 41 SR (NSW) 33
R v Ross-Jones; ex parte Green (1984) 156 CLR 185
Raftland Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2008) 238 CLR 516
Re Bassi and KD Sales Force Specialists Pty Ltd (1999) 25 Fam LR 678
Re La Rosa; Ex parte Norgard v Rocom Pty Ltd (1990) 21 FCR 270
Re TH Knitwear (Wholesale) Ltd [1988] Ch 275
Robinson v Harman [1848]…

Grounds of appeal

[14] The appellant contends that the primary judge erred in finding that the respondent had discharged the onus of establishing the matters required under the relevant provision.

[15] It was submitted that his Honour failed to give adequate weight to the evidence of the second witness, and that the findings of fact were not reasonably open on the material before the Court.

[16] The respondent, for its part, submits that no error is disclosed, and that the conclusions reached were well within the range of outcomes available to the primary judge.

Consideration

[17] It is convenient to deal first with the question of construction, as the resolution of that issue informs the remaining grounds advanced by the appellant.

[18] For the reasons that follow, we are of the view that the appeal should be allowed in part and the matter remitted for further determination.

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AGLC: Sigley and De Santis & Ors (No 5) [2020] FamCA 968
Case: [2020] FamCA 968
Decision Date: 20 November 2020

CaseChat Overview and Summary

In *Sigley and De Santis & Ors (No 5)*, Justice Wilson of the Family Court of Australia considered an application by the applicant for leave to further amend their statement of claim. The dispute involved complex issues, including allegations of sham transactions, and the court noted that a significant portion of a previously scheduled 12-day trial had been dedicated to arguing pleading amendments.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether to grant the applicant leave to amend their statement of claim, and if so, on what terms. This required the court to consider the principles governing amendments to pleadings, particularly in the context of ongoing litigation where substantial time and resources had already been expended. The court also had to assess the impact of any proposed amendments on the fairness and efficiency of the proceedings, given the advanced stage of the trial.

Justice Wilson allowed the amendments, indicating that the court's discretion to permit amendments is broad, provided they do not cause prejudice to the other parties that cannot be adequately compensated by costs or an adjournment. The court directed the applicant to file and serve full particulars of loss and damage by a specified date and ordered the parties to confer and formulate a minute of agreed orders to facilitate the further progression of the proceeding. The trial was subsequently fixed for an additional 18 days, commencing on 20 September 2021, and the matter was adjourned for mention.

Orders

Orders of the court

The trial of this proceeding is fixed part heard for an additional 18 days commencing on 20 September 2021.

On or before 4pm on 22 March 2021 the applicant must file and serve full particulars of loss and damage properly itemised.

I allow the amendments in the terms recorded in these reasons.

I direct that by 4pm on 27 November 2020 the parties confer and formulate a minute of agreed orders pursuant to which this proceeding will progress further.

I adjourn the further hearing of this proceeding for mention at 9:30am on 2 December 2020.

Note: The form of the order is subject to the entry of the order in the Court’s records.

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Sigley and De Santis & Ors (No 4) [2020] FamCA 903
Citation 1 (Para 1)

…be refused. In the upshot I refused leave to amend as proposed in paragraphs 79 to 82, 59A – 60 and paragraph 13A of the prayer for relief. [20] [2020] FamCA 903.…
SIGLEY & DE SANTIS AND ORS [2020] FamCA 780
Citation 2 (Para 2)

…aterial. He had to persuade me to grant his client the leave she sought and which she needed without which the amendments could not be made. [21] [2020] FamCA 780. [22] [2020] FamCA 903.…
Chen & Chen & Ors (No. 3) [2020] FamCA 744
Citation 3 (Para 1)

…ference to such leave having been given. That represented a failure to plead a material fact of the sort I canvassed in Chen & Chen (No 3) .[19] [19] [2020] FamCA 744.…
Smethurst v Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police [2020] HCA 14
Citation 4

…in Bankruptcy (1988) 18 FCR 449 Sigley & De Santis (No 4) [2020] FamCA 903 Sigley & De Santis [2019] FamCA 271 Sigley & De Santis [2020] FamCA 780 Smethurst v Commissioner of Police (2020) 94 ALJR 502 Snook v London & West Riding Investments Ltd [1967] 2 QB 786 South-West Forest Defence Foundation (No1) v Department of Conservation & Land…
Sigley & De Santis [2019] FamCA 271
Citation 5 (Para 3)

…s case,[66] I made various and necessarily general comments about the operation of that section. There, I held as follows – [66] Sigley & De Santis [2019] FamCA 271. Relief under s 106B of the Family Law Act 74.The operation of s 106B of the Family Law Act is very wide. It applies irrespective of intention. It empo…
Lewis v Condon [2013] NSWCA 204
Citation 6

…Fam LR 81 In the Marriage of Whitaker (1980) 5 Fam LR 769 In the Marriage of Wilson (1989) 13 Fam LR 205 L’Estrange v F Graucob Ltd [1934] 2 KB 394 Lewis v Condon (2013) 85 NSWLR 99 Munnings v Australian Government Solicitor (1994) 68 ALJR 169 Munnings v Australian Government Solicitor (No 2) (1994) 68 ALJR 429 National…
Saraceni v Jones [2012] WASCA 59
Citation 7

…Ltd (1990) 21 FCR 270 Re TH Knitwear (Wholesale) Ltd [1988] Ch 275 Robinson v Harman [1848] 154 ER 363 Salemi v MacKellar (No 1) (1976) 137 CLR 388 Saraceni v Jones (2012) 42 WAR 518 Scott v Commissioner of Taxation (No 2) (1966) 40 ALJR 265 Sharrment Pty Ltd v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (1988) 18 FCR 449 Sigley & De…
Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University [2009] HCA 27
Citation 8

…AG Securities v Vaughan [1990] 1 AC 417 ANZ Banking Group v Harper (1988) 11 Fam LR 649 Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175 Ascot Investments Pty Ltd v Harper (1981) 148 CLR 337 Ashington Piggeries Ltd v Christopher Hill Ltd [1972] AC 441 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v XIVth Commonwealth Games Ltd (1988) 18 NSWLR 5…
Raftland Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation [2008] HCA 21
Citation 9 (Para 5)

…arrment Pty Ltd v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (1988) 18 FCR 449, 453 as embraced by Kirby J in Raftland Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2008) 238 CLR 516. [30] This was the conclusion reached by Mustill LJ in Hadjiloucas v Crean [1987] 3 All ER 1008, 1019.…
Scott v Commissioner of Police [2005] NSWCA 283
Citation 10

…AG Securities v Vaughan [1990] 1 AC 417 ANZ Banking Group v Harper (1988) 11 Fam LR 649 Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175 Ascot Investments Pty Ltd v Harper (1981) 148 CLR 337 Ashington Piggeries Ltd v Christopher Hill Ltd [1972] AC 441 Australian Br…
Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Glengallan Investments Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 55
Citation 11 (Para 8)

…on all other material factors which indicate the arrangement that the parties in fact intended. [40] [1934] 2 KB 394. [41] (2004) 219 CLR 165. [42] (2004) 218 CLR 471. [43] Raftland Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2008) 238 CLR 516, 562 (Kirby J). [44] Snook v London & West Riding Investments Ltd [1967] 2…
Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 52
Citation 12

…v Phillips [1965] 2 QB 537 Tarkington Pty Ltd v Kingdrake Pty Ltd [2000] VSCA 98 Tarkington Pty Ltd v Kingdrake Pty Ltd [2001] VSC 126 Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd (2004) 219 CLR 165 Turner v Bulletin Newspaper Co Pty Ltd (1974) 131 CLR 69 W T Ramsay Ltd v Inland Revenue Commissioners [1982] AC 300 Wenham v Ella (1972) 1…
Clutha Ltd (in liq) v Millar (No 5) [2002] NSWSC 833
Citation 13 (Para 10)

…w duties imposed on such a liquidator and the court’s statutory power to review some aspects of the performance of the administration. [81] (2002) 43 ACSR 295.…
Australian Security Estates Pty Ltd v Bluecrest Holdings Pty Ltd (in liq) [2002] NSWSC 491
Citation 14 (Para 11)

…icer of the court: Re TH Knitwear (Wholesale) Ltd [1988] Ch 275 at 288; Australian Security Estates Pty Ltd v Bluecrest Holdings Pty Ltd (in liq) (2002) 169 FLR 111 at [60] per Bergin J; Clutha Ltd (in liq) v Millar (No 5) (2002) 43 ACSR 295 at [13] - [18] per Austin J. That is consistent with the statutory scheme. […
Gibbons v Libertyone Ltd (in liq) [2002] NSWSC 274
Citation 15 (Para 10)

…Keay, McPhersons Law of Company Liquidation , 4th ed, LBC Information Services, Sydney, 1999, p 25; and note Gibbons v LibertyOne Ltd (in liq) (2002) 41 ACSR 442 at [53]–[59]. They reflect the fundamental proposition that in a winding up by court order, it is the court that conducts the winding up, and the official…
Cresvale Far East Ltd (In Liq) v Cresvale Securities Ltd (No 2) [2001] NSWSC 791
Citation 16

…Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 64 Cranstoun v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1984) 75 FLR 220 Cresvale Far East Ltd (in liq) v Cresvale Securities Ltd (No 2) (2001) 39 ACSR 622 East-West Airlines v Commonwealth (1983) 57 ALJR 783 Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Glengallan Investments Pty Ltd (2004) 218 CLR 471 Fisher v Fisher (1986) 161…
Tarkington Pty Ltd v Kingdrake Pty Ltd [2001] VSC 126
Citation 17 (Para 9)

…further amended statement of claim except to now render peripherally relevant any allegation about the deregistration of the second respondent. [23] [2001] VSC 126.…
Tarkington Pty Ltd v Kingdrake Pty Ltd [2000] VSCA 98
Citation 18 (Para 15)

…eeding against a deregistered company. Yet no point was taken by any counsel on the matter, a matter that was even more curious it seemed to me. [15] [2000] VSCA 98.…
South-West Forest Defence Foundation Inc v Executive Director, Department of Conservation & Land Management (WA) [1998] HCA 34
Citation 19 (Para 4)

…n Government Solicitor (No 2) (1994) 68 ALJR 429 and South-West Forest Defence Foundation (No1) v Department of Conservation & Land Management (No 1) (1998) 72 ALJR 837.…
Munnings v Australian Government Solicitor [1994] HCA 12
Citation 20 (Para 4)

…LR 69, Salemi v MacKellar (No 1) (1976) 137 CLR 388, East-West Airlines v Commonwealth (1983) 57 ALJR 783, Munnings v Australian Government Solicitor (1994) 68 ALJR 169, Munnings v Australian Government Solicitor (No 2) (1994) 68 ALJR 429 and South-West Forest Defence Foundation (No1) v Department of Conservation & L…
Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd [1991] HCA 54
Citation 21

…Chen & Chen (No 3) [2020] FamCA 744 Clutha Ltd (in liq) v Millar (No 5) (2002) 43 ACSR 295 Commissioner for Corporate Affairs v Harvey [1980] VR 669 Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 64 Cranstoun v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1984) 75 FLR 220 Cresvale Far East Ltd (in liq) v Cresvale Securities Ltd (No 2) (2001) 39 A…
Sharrment Pty Ltd v Official Trustee In Bankruptcy [1988] FCA 266
Citation 22 (Para 5)

…ective of deliberate deception of third parties is involved.[30] [29] As was held by Lockhart J in Sharrment Pty Ltd v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (1988) 18 FCR 449, 453 as embraced by Kirby J in Raftland Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2008) 238 CLR 516. [30] This was the conclusion reached by Mustil…
Fisher v Fisher [1986] HCA 61
Citation 23

…(No 2) (2001) 39 ACSR 622 East-West Airlines v Commonwealth (1983) 57 ALJR 783 Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Glengallan Investments Pty Ltd (2004) 218 CLR 471 Fisher v Fisher (1986) 161 CLR 438 Gibbons v LibertyOne Ltd (in liq) (2002) 41 ACSR 442 Gissing v Gissing [1971] AC 886 Hadjiloucas v Crean [1987] 3 All ER 1008 In the Marr…
R v Ross-Jones; Ex parte Green [1984] HCA 82
Citation 24 (Para 5)

…igh Court in Ascot Investments Pty Ltd v Harper[75] and R v Ross-Jones; ex parte Green .[76] [74] (1987) 11 Fam LR 382. [75] (1981) 148 CLR 337. [76] (1984) 156 CLR 185.…
Ascot Investments Pty Ltd v Harper [1981] HCA 44
Citation 25

…n [1990] 1 AC 417 ANZ Banking Group v Harper (1988) 11 Fam LR 649 Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175 Ascot Investments Pty Ltd v Harper (1981) 148 CLR 337 Ashington Piggeries Ltd v Christopher Hill Ltd [1972] AC 441 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v XIVth Commonwealth Games Ltd (1988) 18…
Ascot Investments Pty Ltd v Harper [1981] HCA 1
Citation 26 (Para 5)

…ond observations of the High Court in Ascot Investments Pty Ltd v Harper[75] and R v Ross-Jones; ex parte Green .[76] [74] (1987) 11 Fam LR 382. [75] (1981) 148 CLR 337. [76] (1984) 156 CLR 185.…
Drake v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs [1979] FCA 39
Citation 27 (Para 10)

…nding up, and the official liquidator acts as an officer of the court on its behalf: Cmr for Corporate Affairs v Harvey [1980] VR 669 at 695; (1979) 4 ACLR 259 at 285; Cresvale at [22]. That is not the case in a voluntary winding up, which is purely a statutory process. The liquidator in a voluntary winding up is no…
Salemi v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs [1976] HCA 45
Citation 28 (Para 4)

…ding.[10] [10] Wiedenhofer v The Commonwealth (1970) 122 CLR 172, Turner v Bulletin Newspaper Co Pty Ltd (1974) 131 CLR 69, Salemi v MacKellar (No 1) (1976) 137 CLR 388, East-West Airlines v Commonwealth (1983) 57 ALJR 783, Munnings v Australian Government Solicitor (1994) 68 ALJR 169, Munnings v Australian Governmen…
Turner v Bulletin Newspaper Co Pty Ltd [1974] HCA 25
Citation 29 (Para 4)

…dence adduced in support of the impugned pleading.[10] [10] Wiedenhofer v The Commonwealth (1970) 122 CLR 172, Turner v Bulletin Newspaper Co Pty Ltd (1974) 131 CLR 69, Salemi v MacKellar (No 1) (1976) 137 CLR 388, East-West Airlines v Commonwealth (1983) 57 ALJR 783, Munnings v Australian Government Solicitor (1994…
Wenham v Ella [1972] HCA 43
Citation 30

…arm Pty Ltd (2004) 219 CLR 165 Turner v Bulletin Newspaper Co Pty Ltd (1974) 131 CLR 69 W T Ramsay Ltd v Inland Revenue Commissioners [1982] AC 300 Wenham v Ella (1972) 127 CLR 454 Wiedenhofer v The Commonwealth (1970) 122 CLR 172 Yorkshire Railway Wagon Company v Maclure (1882) 21 Ch D 309 Matthew Conaglen, Sham Trust…
Wiedenhofer v Commonwealth [1970] HCA 54
Citation 31 (Para 4)

…rmissible to examine only the impugned pleading and not evidence adduced in support of the impugned pleading.[10] [10] Wiedenhofer v The Commonwealth (1970) 122 CLR 172, Turner v Bulletin Newspaper Co Pty Ltd (1974) 131 CLR 69, Salemi v MacKellar (No 1) (1976) 137 CLR 388, East-West Airlines v Commonwealth (1983) 57…
Scott v Federal Commissioner of Taxation [1966] HCA 48
Citation 32 (Para 9)

…ction, or did they mean it to be, and in fact use it as, merely a disguise, a facade, a sham, a false front…concealing their true transaction. [50] (1966) 40 ALJR 265, 279.…
Briginshaw v Briginshaw [1938] HCA 36
Citation 33

…ralian Security Estates Pty Ltd v Bluecrest Holdings Pty Ltd (in liq) (2002) 169 FLR 111 Barendse v Comptroller-General of Customs (1996) 136 FLR 243 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Chen & Chen (No 3) [2020] FamCA 744 Clutha Ltd (in liq) v Millar (No 5) (2002) 43 ACSR 295 Commissioner for Corporate Affairs v Harvey [19…
Briginshaw v Briginshaw [1938] HCA 34
Citation 34 (Para 15)

…proof of deceit is involved, it must follow that proof to a standard equivalent to that essayed in Briginshaw v Briginshaw[63] must be involved. [63] (1938) 60 CLR 336.…
Salemi v Mackellar (No 2) [1977] HCA 26
Citation 35 (Para 4)

…In a pleading dispute, it is permissible to examine only the impugned pleading and not evidence adduced in support of the impugned pleading.[10] [10] Wiedenhofer v The Commonwealth (1970) 122 CLR 172, Turner v Bulletin Newspaper Co Pty Ltd (1974) 131 CLR 69, Salemi v MacKellar (No 1) (1976) 137 CLR …
[1971] AC 886 [1971] AC 886
Citation 36 (Para 8)

…QB 786, 802. [45] Australian Broadcasting Corporation v XIVth Commonwealth Games Ltd (1988) 18 NSWLR 540, 549 (Gleeson CJ). [46] Gissing v Gissing [1971] AC 886, 906 (Lord Diplock) and Ashington Piggeries Ltd v Christopher Hill Ltd [1972] AC 441, 502 (Lord Diplock). [47] Raftland Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner…
[1972] AC 441 [1972] AC 441
Citation 37 (Para 8)

…(1988) 18 NSWLR 540, 549 (Gleeson CJ). [46] Gissing v Gissing [1971] AC 886, 906 (Lord Diplock) and Ashington Piggeries Ltd v Christopher Hill Ltd [1972] AC 441, 502 (Lord Diplock). [47] Raftland Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2008) 238 CLR 516, 559 (Kirby J). [48] Matthew Conaglen, Sham Trusts (20…
[1967] 2 QB 786 [1967] 2 QB 786
Citation 38 (Para 6)

…on or a counterfeit.[38] [31] Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd v Bligh (1940) 41 SR (NSW) 33, 39. [32] Snook v London & West Riding Investments Ltd [1967] 2 QB 786, 802 (Diplock LJ). [33] Ibid. [34] Sharrment Pty Ltd v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (1988) 18 FCR 449, 453 (Lockhart J). [35] Ibid. [36] Ibid. [37] Ibid. [38…
[1990] 1 AC 417 [1990] 1 AC 417
Citation 39 (Para 14)

…may be a sham or merely a part of it as was the situation in AG Securities v Vaughan .[62] [60] (1996) 136 FLR 243. [61] (1990) 21 FCR 270, 279. [62] [1990] 1 AC 417.…
[1934] 2 KB 394 [1934] 2 KB 394
Citation 40 (Para 8)

…ransaction, and focusing its attention instead on all other material factors which indicate the arrangement that the parties in fact intended. [40] [1934] 2 KB 394. [41] (2004) 219 CLR 165. [42] (2004) 218 CLR 471. [43] Raftland Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2008) 238 CLR 516, 562 (Kirby J). [44] Sno…
[1982] AC 300 [1982] AC 300
Citation 41 (Para 12)

…W T Ramsay Ltd v Inland Revenue Commissioners[57] and National Westminster Bank plc v Jones .[58] [55] (1882) 21 Ch D 309. [56] [1965] 2 QB 537. [57] [1982] AC 300. [58] [2001] 1 BCLC 98.…
[1965] 2 QB 537 [1965] 2 QB 537
Citation 42 (Para 12)

…Ltd v Phillips ,[56] W T Ramsay Ltd v Inland Revenue Commissioners[57] and National Westminster Bank plc v Jones .[58] [55] (1882) 21 Ch D 309. [56] [1965] 2 QB 537. [57] [1982] AC 300. [58] [2001] 1 BCLC 98.…
Yorkshire Railway Wagon Co v Maclure (1882) 21 ChD 309
Citation 43

…R 69 W T Ramsay Ltd v Inland Revenue Commissioners [1982] AC 300 Wenham v Ella (1972) 127 CLR 454 Wiedenhofer v The Commonwealth (1970) 122 CLR 172 Yorkshire Railway Wagon Company v Maclure (1882) 21 Ch D 309 Matthew Conaglen, Sham Trusts (2008) 67 Cambridge Law Journal 176 Andrew Keay, McPhersons Law of Company Liquidation (LBC Information Servi…
[1848] 154 ER 363 [1848] 154 ER 363
Citation 44 (Para 9)

…of Baron Parke in Robinson v Harman[7] as well as decisions in the High Court in Wenham v Ella[8] and Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd .[9] [7] [1848] 154 ER 363. [8] (1972) 127 CLR 454. [9] (1991) 174 CLR 64.…
Australian Broadcasting Corporation v XIVth Commonwealth Games Ltd (1988) 18 NSWLR 540
Citation 45 (Para 8)

…J). [44] Snook v London & West Riding Investments Ltd [1967] 2 QB 786, 802. [45] Australian Broadcasting Corporation v XIVth Commonwealth Games Ltd (1988) 18 NSWLR 540, 549 (Gleeson CJ). [46] Gissing v Gissing [1971] AC 886, 906 (Lord Diplock) and Ashington Piggeries Ltd v Christopher Hill Ltd [1972] AC 441, 502 (Lord…

Legislation Cited

Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) 106B, 114, 117, 79, 80, 85, 87(11), 90SS...
19 mentions
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) 491, 494, 496, 541, 601AD, 601AH
7 mentions (from Para 6)
Family Law Rules 2004 (Cth) 19.10
2 mentions
Family Law Amendment Act 2000 (Cth)
1 mention
Property Law Act 1958 (Vic)
1 mention (from Para 14)