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Case [2009] UKSC 2

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Alamdo Holdings Pty Ltd v Reece Australia Pty Ltd [2025] NSWSC 946
Citation 1

…; [2001] HCA 45 Plumor Pty Ltd v Handley (1996) 41 NSWLR 30 Re Sigma Finance Corp (in administrative receivership) [2010] 1 All ER 571; [2009] UKSC 2 Rudi’s Enterprises Pty Ltd v Jay (1987) 10 NSWLR 568 Sanctuary Investments Pty Ltd v St Gregory’s Armenian School Incorporated (1998) 9 BPR 16,823 Sentinel Orange…
Owners Corporation Strata Plan 39993 v Place Management NSW [2024] NSWSC 1537
Citation 2 (Para 57)

…ty Ltd (in liq) [2020] NSWCA 23 at [44] per Leeming JA (Payne JA agreeing), referring to Re Sigma Finance Corp (in administrative receivership) [2009] UKSC 2; [2010] 1 All ER 571 at [12].…
Body Corporate 355492 v Chief Executive of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment [2024] NZHC 1422
Citation 3

…015] 1 NZLR 432 at [62], refers to a more restrictive approach adopted for interpreting a security trust deed in Re Sigma Finance Corp (in admin rec) [2009] UKSC 2, [2010] 1 All ER 571 at [37] per Lord Collins (Lord Hope and Lord Mance concurring) – the deed protected numerous creditors who advanced funds over a…
Bargain World CQ (Rockhampton) Pty Ltd v AHC Limited [2023] QSC 201
Citation 4 (Para 10)

…commercial absurdity”: HP Mercantile Pty Ltd v Hartnett [2016] NSWCA 342 [134] quoting Re Sigma Finance Corp [2009] UKSC 2 [12].’ [6] Wilkie v Gordian Runoff Ltd (2005) 221 CLR 522 at [15] and [16] (Gleeson CJ, McHugh, Gummow and McHugh JJ). [7](2022) 290 FCR 435 at [57].…
The Kainui Partnership v Zespri Group Limited [2022] NZHC 3152
Citation 5

…Firm PI 1 Ltd v Zurich Australian Insurance Ltd [2014] NZSC 147, [2015] 1 NZLR 432 at [60]. 10 At [62], citing Re Sigma Finance Corp (in admin rec) [2009] UKSC 2, [2010] 1 All ER 571 at [37] per Lord Collins discussing the interpretation of security trust deed that secured a number of creditors. See also recent…
FKP Commercial Developments Pty Limited v Zurich Australian Insurance Limited [2022] FCA 862
Citation 6 (Para 7)

…ally consistent and avoids commercial absurdity”: HP Mercantile Pty Ltd v Hartnett [2016] NSWCA 342 [134] quoting Re Sigma Finance Corp [2009] UKSC 2 [12]. Other principles…
Merona Trustees Limited [2022] NZHC 724
Citation 7

…ts (LexisNexis, 8th ed, Wellington 2022) at [8.20] citing Bulley v Attorney-General [2012] NZHC 615 at [48] referring to Re Sigma Finance Corporation [2009] UKSC 2; Firm PI 1Ltd v Zurich Australian Insurance Ltd t/a Zurich New Zealand [2014] NZSC 147, [2015] 1 NZLR 432 at [60]-[63].…
Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation (Australia) Pty Limited v Redbubble Limited (No 4) [2022] FCA 190
Citation 8 (Para 8)

…ds commercial absurdity”: HP Mercantile Pty Ltd v Hartnett [2016] NSWCA 342 [134] quoting Re Sigma Finance Corp [2009] UKSC 2 [12]. [58] In the interpretive process, the concept of reading a document as a whole involves more than merely acquiring an awareness of the surrounding and related provisions. It require…
LCA Marrickville Pty Limited v Swiss Re International SE [2022] FCAFC 17
Citation 9

…Secretary, Department of Family and Community Services v Hayward (a pseudonym) (2018) 98 NSWLR 599 Sheehan v Lloyds Names Munich Re Syndicate Ltd [2017] FCA 1340 Siemens Ltd v Schenker International (Aust) Pty Ltd (2004) 216 CLR 418 Stag Line Ltd v Foscolo, Mango & Co Ltd [1932] AC 328 Star Entertainment Group L…
JKC Australia LNG Pty Ltd v CH2M Hill Companies Ltd [No 2] [2020] WASCA 112
Citation 10

…ic Holdings Pty Ltd v Windslow Corporation Pty Ltd (in liq) [2008] WASCA 80; (2008) 36 WAR 342 Re Sigma Finance Corp (in administrative receivership) [2009] UKSC 2; [2010] 1 All ER 571 Ryledar Pty Ltd v Euphoric Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 65; (2007) 69 NSWLR 603 Simic v New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation [20…
Bathurst Resources Ltd v L&M Coal Holdings Ltd [2020] NZCA 113
Citation 11

…[36]See, for example, The Starsin [2003] UKHL 12, [2004] 1 AC 715 at [73]–[74] per Lord Hoffmann; and Re Sigma Finance Corp (in rec) [2009] UKSC 2, [2010] 1 All ER 571 at [37] per Lord Collins.…
Norton Property Group Pty Ltd v Ozzy States Pty Ltd (in liq) [2020] NSWCA 23
Citation 12 (Para 44)

…the other provisions of the document and investigating its commercial consequences”: see Re Sigma Finance Corp (in administrative receivership) [2009] UKSC 2; [2010] 1 All ER 571 at [12]. The need to assess the potentially available legal meanings against text, context and purpose was reiterated in Zhang v ROC S…
XL Insurance Co SE v BNY Trust Company of Australia Limited [2019] NSWCA 215
Citation 13

…ainst the other provisions of the document and investigating its commercial consequences”: Re Sigma Finance Corp (in administrative receivership) [2009] UKSC 2; [2010] 1 All ER 571 at [12]; Rainy Sky SA v Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50; [2011] 1 WLR 2900 at [28].…
Singh v Auckland Co-Operative Taxi Society Limited [2019] NZHC 1759
Citation 14

…3 At [63]. 4 At [61]. 5 At [62] (footnotes omitted), quoting from Re Sigma Finance Corp (in admin rec) [2009] UKSC 2, [2010] 1 All ER 571 at [37]. 6 At [89]. 7 Re New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Inc HC Wellington CIV-2009-485-1767, 3 November 2009 at [43]. 8 Strand v Bays Music Centre Inc [2013] NZHC 1870, [2013…
Gibson v Mobil Oil New Zealand Limited [2018] NZHC 41
Citation 15 (Para 62)

…rich Australian Insurance Ltd , above n 8, at [62]. 13 Firm PI 1 Ltd v Zurich Australian Insurance Ltd , above n 8, at [62]. 14 Re Sigma Finance Corp [2009] UKSC 2, [2010] 1 All ER 571 at [37] per Lord Collins.…
Metlife Insurance Ltd v RGA Reinsurance Company of Australia Ltd [2017] NSWCA 56
Citation 16 (Para 101)

…ainst the other provisions of the document and investigating its commercial consequences”: Re Sigma Finance Corp (in administrative receivership) [2009] UKSC 2; [2010] 1 All ER 571 at [12]; Rainy Sky SA v Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50; [2011] 1 WLR 2900 at [28].…
Zhang v ROC Services (NSW) Pty Ltd [2016] NSWCA 370
Citation 17

…ogan Wines Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 62 Re Sigma Finance Corp (in administrative receivership) [2009] UKSC 2; [2010] 1 All ER 571 Richmond v Moore Stephens Adelaide Pty Ltd [2015] SASCFC 147 Sahade v Bischoff [2015] NSWCA 418 Sheonath v Ramnath (1865) 10 Moo Ind App 413 Smith v Tabain (1987) 10 NSWLR 562 Stead v Stat…
HP Mercantile Pty Ltd v Hartnett [2016] NSWCA 342
Citation 18

…] 2 All ER 316 Rainy Sky SA v Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50; [2011] 1 WLR 2900 Re Sigma Finance Corp (in administrative receivership) [2009] UKSC 2; [2010] 1 All ER 571 Richmond v Moore Stephens Adelaide Pty Ltd [2015] SASCFC 147 Robbins v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1974) 129 CLR 332 Shell UK Ltd v Total UK…
Re Burnett Mount Cook Station Charitable Trust [2016] NZHC 2669
Citation 19

…at 181. 15 Yandina Investments Limited v ANZ National Bank Limited [2013] NZCA 469 at [54]. 16 Re Sigma Finance Corporation Ltd [2009] UKSC 2. 17 Firm PL1 Limited v Zurich Australian Insurance Limited trading as Zurich New Zealand [2014] NZSC 147 at [62]. 18 Starrenburg v Mortre Holdings Ltd (2004) 6 NZCPR 193 (…
Fai Money Limited v Crawley [2016] NZCA 219
Citation 20 (Para 2)

…debtor’s business. Detailed semantic analysis must give way to business common sense … [21]At [62]. [22] Re Sigma Finance Corp (in admin rec) [2009] UKSC 2, [2010] 1 All ER 571. [23] Re Sigma , above n 22, at [37] per Lord Collins. Lord Hope and Lord Mance concurred with Lord Collins’ judgment.…
Body Corporate 341188 v District Court at Auckland [2015] NZCA 393
Citation 21 (Para 2)

…f the debtor’s business. Detailed semantic analysis must give way to business commonsense … . [16]At [62]; Re Sigma Finance Corp (in admin rec) [2009] UKSC 2, [2010] 1 All ER 571 at [37].…
Firm PI 1 Ltd v Zurich Australian Insurance Ltd [2014] NZSC 147
Citation 22

…[46] Re Sigma Finance Corp (in admin rec) [2009] UKSC 2, [2010] 1 All ER 571 at [37] per Lord Collins. Lord Hope and Lord Mance concurred with Lord Collins’ judgment.…
OneSteel Manufacturing Pty Ltd v BlueScope Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd [2013] NSWCA 27
Citation 23

…hers [2005] HCA 73; 222 ALR 421 Peter Turnbull & Co Pty Ltd v Mundus Trading Co (Australasia) Pty Ltd [1954] HCA 25; 90 CLR 235 Re Sigma Finance Corp [2009] UKSC 2; [2010] 1 All ER 571 Reardon Smith Line Ltd v Yngvar Hansen-Tangen [1976] 1 WLR 989 Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc v Maclaine Watson & Co Ltd (No 2) [199…
Gough v Ram Custodian Limited [2012] NZHC 2218
Citation 24

…2 See, for example, Re Sigma Finance Corp [2009] UKSC 2; Bulley v Attorney-General [2012] NZHC 615. 3 Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1998] 1 WLR 896 (HL). 4 Wholesale Distributors Ltd v Gibbons Holdings Ltd [2007] NZSC 37, [2008] 1 NZLR 277. 5 Vector Gas Ltd v Bay of Plenty E…
Bulley v Attorney-General [2012] NZHC 615
Citation 25

…10 For example Re Sigma Finance Corporation [2009] UKSC 2. 11 Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromwich Building Society [1998] 1 WLR 896 (HL). 12 Boat Park Ltd v Hutchinson & Findlay [1999] 2 NZLR 74. 13 Wholesale Distributors Ltd v Gibbons Holdings Ltd [2007] NZSC 37; Vector Gas Ltd v Bay of Plenty Ene…
Franklins Pty Ltd v Metcash Trading Ltd [2009] NSWCA 407
Citation 26

…CLR 68 In re Michell’s Trusts (1878) 9 Ch D 5 In re Sigma Finance Corporation [2009] UKSC 2 Independent Timber Importers (Australia) Pty Ltd v Mercantile Mutual Insurance (Australia) Ltd [2002] NSWCA 304; (2002) 12 ANZ Insurance Cases 61- 543 (76,364) Inland Revenue Commissioners v Raphael [1935] AC 96 Internati…
Rainy Sky SA v Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50
Citation 27

…Key Ltd (In Receivership) [2009] EWCA Civ 636, paras 29 and 42 and by this Court in In Re Sigma Finance Corporation (in administrative receivership) [2009] UKSC 2; [2010] 1 All ER 571, where Lord Mance said at para 12 that the resolution of an issue of interpretation in a case like the present was an iterative…
Arnold v Britton & Ors [2015] UKSC 36
Citation 28

…ach of the rival meanings is checked against the provisions of the contract and its commercial consequences are investigated ( Re Sigma Finance Corp ([2009] UKSC 2) [2010] 1 All ER 571, para 12 per Lord Mance). But there must be a basis in the words used and the factual matrix for identifying a rival meaning. Th…
Employers' Liability Insurance "Trigger" Litigation: BAI (Run Off) Ltd v Durham & Ors [2012] UKSC 14
Citation 29

…ust as they could in the case of the different (and wordier) instrument in issue in In re Sigma Finance Corporation [2009] UKSC 2, [2012] 1 All ER 571 (see especially paras 10, 12 and 37). They can be drawn from an overall consideration of the individual insurance wordings, and particularly from the features whi…
Rainy Sky SA & Orsd v Kookmin Bank [2011] UKSC 50
Citation 30

…2009] EWCA Civ 636, paras 29 and 42 and by this Court in In Re Sigma Finance Corporation (in administrative receivership) [2009] UKSC 2; [2010] 1 All ER 571, where Lord Mance said at para 12 that the resolution of an issue of interpretation in a case like the present was an iterative process, involving checking…
Krys & Ors v KBC Partners LP & Ors (British Virgin Islands) [2015] UKPC 46
Citation 31

…haracteristically clear judgment, although its reading of the articles was incorrect in one or two particulars. As in In re Sigma Finance Corpn [2009] UKSC 2, [2010] 1 All ER 571, para 12, so here, the contrary conclusion reached in the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal and by the majority in my opinion “attache…

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