Lehman Brothers Asia Holdings Ltd (in Liquidation) v City of Swan

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Judgment Date2009
Neutral Citation[2009] FCAFC 130
Date2009
Year2009
CourtFull Federal Court (Australia)
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3 firm's commentaries
  • Third Party Claims And Deeds Of Company Arrangement
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 15 October 2009
    ...the rights of creditors claiming against third parties following the collapse of a company. In City of Swan v Lehman Bros Australia Ltd [2009] FCAFC 130 (Lehman Australia), the court, constituted by Stone, Rares and Perram JJ, decided that a DOCA under Part 5.3A of the Corporations Act cann......
  • Can a DOCA Extinguish a Creditor's Claim Against a Third Party?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 13 April 2010
    ...recent High Court decision to dismiss the appeal in City of Swan & Co v Lehman Brothers Asia Holdings Limited (In Liquidation) [2009] FCAFC 130 (Lehman Decision) is a reminder that Deeds of Company Arrangement (DOCAs) have limitations and cannot extinguish creditors' claims against thir......
  • Can A Scheme Of Arrangement Extinguish A Creditor's Claim Against A Third Party?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 21 May 2010
    ...an update on the High Court's decision to dismiss the appeal of Swan & Co v Lehman Brothers Asia Holdings Limited (In Liquidation) [2009] FCAFC 130 (Lehman Gadens Lawyers' earlier update can be found here. The High Court has now published its reasons for the Lehman Decision, which confi......
1 books & journal articles
  • Statutory Misinterpretation: Rash Holding in Brash Holdings
    • United Kingdom
    • Federal Law Review No. 45-2, June 2017
    • 1 June 2017
    ...eg, Joseph Khoury & Sons v Zambena Pty Ltd (1999) 217 ALR 527, 532 [22] (Fitzgerald JA); City of Swan v Lehman Brothers Australia Ltd (2009) 179 FCR 243, 269 [79] (Rares J). 218 Federal Law Review Volume 45 ____________________________________________________________________________________......

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