Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeKiefel CJ,Keane,Edelman JJ.,Gordon J.
Judgment Date19 June 2019
Neutral Citation[2019] HCA 20
CourtHigh Court
Docket NumberM137/2018
Date19 June 2019
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70 cases
  • Equity Trust (Jersey) Ltd v Halabi (in his capacity as Executor of the Estate of the late Madam Intisar Nouri)
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 13 October 2022
    ...right of indemnity, in Re Amerind Pty Ltd (in liq), Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth of Australia [2019] HCA 20; 268 CLR 524 (“ Amerind”). Like Octavo and Buckle before it, this was not a case concerned with the rights (if any) of a former trustee against......
  • Commissioner of Taxation v Lane
    • Australia
    • Full Federal Court (Australia)
    • 6 November 2020
    ...32; 239 CLR 346 Burns Philp Trustee Co Ltd v Viney [1981] 2 NSWLR 216 Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia Pty Ltd v Commonwealth [2019] HCA 20; 368 ALR 390 Chief Commissioner of Stamp Duties for New South Wales v Buckle [1998] HCA 4; 192 CLR 226 Cleaver v Delta American Reinsurance Co......
  • Morton as Liquidator of MJ Woodman Electrical Contractors Pty Ltd v Metal Manufactures Pty Limited
    • Australia
    • Full Federal Court (Australia)
    • 16 December 2021
    ...Zenith Pty Ltd (in Liq) v NSW Leather & Trading Co Pty Ltd [1970] VR 605 Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia Pty Ltd v Commonwealth [2019] HCA 20; 268 CLR 524 Citibank Ltd v Papandony [2002] NSWCA 375 Commissioner of Taxation v Lane [2020] FCAFC 184; 385 ALR 92 Community Development P......
  • Frigger v Trenfield (No 10)
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • 1 December 2021
    ...Group Pty Ltd (in liq) (No 2) [2020] NSWCA 117; (2020) 102 NSWLR 537 Carter Holt Harvey Wood Products Australia Pty Ltd v Commonwealth [2019] HCA 20; (2019) 268 CLR 524 Commonwealth v Fernando [2012] FCAFC 18; (2012) 200 FCR 1 Comptroller of Stamps (Victoria) v Howard-Smith (1936) 54 CLR 61......
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5 firm's commentaries
  • TGIF 2 August 2019: Putting to rest questions on the realisation of trust assets
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 6 August 2019
    ...as a receiver. Fourthly, as was confirmed in the recent decision of Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia Pty Ltd v Commonwealth [2019] HCA 20, the proceeds from the exercise of a corporate trustee's right of exoneration may only be applied in satisfaction of the trust liabilities or tr......
  • Trusts and Insolvency - Will we get clarity anytime soon?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 10 December 2021
    ...appeal, dealt with some of these considerations in its decision in Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth [2019] HCA 20 more commonly referred to as the Amerind The Amerind Decision The court found that, in that instance, the corporate trustee held a proprietar......
  • Insolvent trusts – get your priorities straight
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 8 July 2019
    ...recently handed down its much anticipated decision in Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia v Commonwealth of Australia & Ors [2019] HCA 20. The court agreed that the priority regime in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Act) applies to payment of trust creditors of an insolvent corpo......
  • Trusts and Insolvency - Will we get clarity anytime soon?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 10 December 2021
    ...appeal, dealt with some of these considerations in its decision in Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth [2019] HCA 20 more commonly referred to as the Amerind The Amerind Decision The court found that, in that instance, the corporate trustee held a proprietar......
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2 books & journal articles
  • Security for performance
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume II - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...to, in Australia, as a “circulating security interest”: see also Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia Pty Ltd v Commonwealth [2019] HCA 20 at [1], per Kiefel CJ, Keane and Edelman JJ. 354 In re Yorkshire Woolcombers Association Ltd [1903] 2 Ch 284 at 295, per Romer LJ; Agnew v Commissi......
  • Contract formation
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume I - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...Trust (Guernsey) Ltd v Glenalla Properties Ltd [2018] UKPC 7 at [59]; Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia Pty Ltd v Commonwealth [2019] HCA 20 at [24], per Kiefel CJ, Keane and Edelman JJ; Dickie & Moore Ltd v McLeish [2019] CSOH 71 at [16], per Lord Doherty. 375 Valard Construction L......

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