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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  • The Common Law in Australia: Its Nature and Constitutional Significance
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage 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
    • Sage 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......