Australian Securities and Investments Commission, in the matter of Whitebox...
CORPORATIONS - separate question pursuant to r 30.01 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) - in proceedings brought for the imposition of a civil penalty for a contravention of s 1041A or s 1041B of...
View ArticleDirector of Consumer Affairs Victoria v Daiso Industries (Australia) Pty Ltd...
CONSUMER LAW - product safety of consumer goods - alleged contraventions of product safety standards - where goods in question included plastic bath toys and plastic animal toys - whether the goods...
View ArticleAustralia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited v State of Queensland, in the...
BANKRUPTCY - disclaimer of real property by trustees in bankruptcy pursuant to s 133(1) of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) - mortgagee Bank making an application under s 133(9) to have property vested in...
View ArticleParker, in the matter of Worldwide Specialty Property Services Pty Limited...
CORPORATIONS - application by liquidator under s 588(3)(b) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) for extension of time for making any application under s 588FF(1) - application opposed by interested...
View ArticleSunraysia Harvesting Contractors Pty Ltd (Trustee) v Commissioner of Taxation...
TAXATION - income tax - assessable income - amended assessments - goods and services tax - taxable supplies and creditable acquisitions - transactions claimed by Commissioner to be "sham" - whether...
View ArticlePetersen Superannuation Fund Pty Ltd v Bank of Queensland Limited [2017] FCA 699
COSTS - security for costs - third party litigation funder - whether ATE insurance policy sufficient form of security - consideration of amount of security to be provided
View ArticleBMX16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 700
MIGRATION - application for extension of time - no satisfactory explanation for delay - no merit in appeal - application dismissed
View ArticleCoumanios v Giunti [2017] FCA 678
BANKRUPTCY - where applicants/former bankrupts failed to disclose properties in Greece - where properties in Greece sold without leave under s 58(3), Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) - whether applicants lack...
View ArticleBerry v State of South Australia [2017] FCA 702
HUMAN RIGHTS - disability discrimination -- disability necessitating absences from workplace in excess of leave entitlements -- discretionary leave without pay -- whether employer unlawfully...
View ArticleMurray on behalf of the Yilka Native Title Claimants v State of Western...
NATIVE TITLE - Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) - prescribed bodies corporate - where native title rights and interests are recognised in two native title holding groups in respect of one determination area...
View ArticleMurray v Australian Community Pharmacy Authority [2017] FCA 705
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - judicial review of the Australian Community Pharmacy Authority's recommendation to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Ageing that approval be granted under s 90 of the...
View ArticleAOA16 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 697
MIGRATION - application for leave to appeal interlocutory judgment - Ministerial refusal to exercise powers of intervention under the Act - whether the matter was within the jurisdiction of the Federal...
View ArticleDeputy Commissioner of Taxation v McManus [2017] FCA 710
TAXATION - Application for judgment in default - failure to comply with Federal Court Rules - service effective on the respondent - failure to appear - failure to file defence- failure to file notice...
View ArticleGibson v Malaysian Airline System Berhad (No 2) [2017] FCA 701
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - representative proceedings - whether leave to amend pleading should be granted - whether claims extinguished by Article 35 of Montreal Convention - whether new claim for relief...
View ArticleAPR15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] 713
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - application for an extension of time in which to file a notice of appeal - application for leave to raise new grounds not before the Federal Circuit Court - whether the...
View ArticleCSZ15 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2017] FCA 706
PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - appeal from the decision of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia dismissing application for judicial review - application for leave to amend the notice of appeal to raise new...
View ArticleAustralian Competition and Consumer Commission v Get Qualified Australia Pty...
CONSUMER LAW - contraventions of the Australian Consumer Law - representative case based on system of conduct or pattern of behaviour - misleading or deceptive conduct - false or misleading...
View ArticleDelaware North Marine Experience Pty Ltd v The Ship "Eye-Spy" [2017] FCA 708
ADMIRALTY- bareboat charter - whether charter breached due to failure to exercise due diligence to make vessel seaworthy - whether damage to vessel a result of a latent defect - whether the plaintiff's...
View ArticleAustralian Battery Distributors Pty Ltd v Robert Bosch (Australia) Pty Ltd...
CONSUMER LAW - further amended statement of claim alleging contravention of ss 18 and 21 of The Australian Consumer Law, Sch 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) - application to strike out...
View ArticleWhite (Trustee), in the matter of Vlahos (Bankrupt) v Ljubicic [2017] FCA 717
BANKRUPTCY - application for summary judgment - void transactions under s 120 of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) - betting syndicate - Ponzi scheme - no consideration for payments - application granted
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