Day & Dent Constructions Pty Ltd (in Liquidation) v North Australian Properties Pty Ltd

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1982-0430 HCA A,[1982] HCA 20
Year1982
Date1982
CourtHigh Court
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  • Secretary of State for Trade and Industry v Frid
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 13 May 2004
    ...and the other cases were not mentioned. In Day & Dent Constructions Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) v North Australian Properties Pty Ltd (1982) 150 CLR 85, 94, 106 the High Court of Australia said that In re A Debtor was contrary to principle and authority and declined to follow it. Mr Davies on ......
  • Stein v Blake (No.2)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 18 May 1995
    ...on Set-Off (1987), p. 74, from a dictum of Mason J. in Day & Dent Constructions (Pty) Ltd v. North Australian Properties (Pty) Ltd (1982) 150 C.L.R. 85. The learned judge said that "due" in the Australian equivalent of section 323(2) meant due at the date when the account had to be taken an......
  • International Air Transport Association v Ansett Australia Holdings Ltd
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 6 February 2008
    ...149; see also Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth), s 86(1) considered in Day & Dent Constructions Pty Ltd v North Australian Properties Pty Ltd (1982) 150 CLR 85; Bankrupt Act 1849 (UK), s 171 considered in Naoroji v Chartered Bank of India (1868) LR 3 CP 444 at 95 (2006) 60 ACSR 468 at 496 [109]; 24......
  • Pitman v Pantzer (Trustee of Bankrupt Estate of Wenkart)
    • Australia
    • Federal Court
    • Invalid date
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4 books & journal articles
  • The Common Law in Australia: Its Nature and Constitutional Significance
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 32-3, September 2004
    • 1 September 2004
    ...the same thing. Justice Murphy strongly attacked this approach in Day and Dent Constructions Pty Ltd v North Asian Properties Pty Ltd (1982) 150 CLR 85, 109. 39 Viro v The Queen (1978) 141 CLR 88. 40 (1992) 175 CLR 1, 15. 41 For example, Commonwealth v Mewett (1997) 191 CLR 471, 523–6; Brea......
  • The Common Law in Australia: Its Nature and Constitutional Significance
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 32-3, September 2004
    • 1 September 2004
    ...the same thing. Justice Murphy strongly attacked this approach in Day and Dent Constructions Pty Ltd v North Asian Properties Pty Ltd (1982) 150 CLR 85, 109. 39 Viro v The Queen (1978) 141 CLR 88. 40 (1992) 175 CLR 1, 15. 41 For example, Commonwealth v Mewett (1997) 191 CLR 471, 523–6; Brea......
  • SECURITY DEPOSIT ARRANGEMENTS IN INSOLVENCY
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1996, December 1996
    • 1 December 1996
    ...s 87(4), Bankruptcy Act, supra, note 49. See the leading cases of Day & Dent Construction Pty Ltd v North Australian Properties Pty Ltd(1982) 150 CLR 85; Stein v Blake, supra, note 52. See also Re Daintry[1900] 1 QB 546; Wreckair Pty Ltd v Emerson(1991) 103 ALR 404; Old Style Confections Pt......
  • TRUST FUNDS, ASCERTAINABILITY OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST AND INSOLVENCY SET-OFF
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 1996, December 1996
    • 1 December 1996
    ...defined to mean the date of the winding up order: s 247(2). 29 Day & Dent Construction Pty Ltd v North Australian Properties Pty Ltd (1982) 150 CLR 85 at 98; Kon Strukt Pty Ltd v Storage Developments Pty Ltd(1989) 96 FLR 43. The same view has been taken in Hong Kong: Re First Bangkok City F......

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