Webb Distributors (Aust) Pty Ltd v Victoria

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation[1993] HCA 61,1993-1110 HCA B
Year1993
Date1993
CourtHigh Court

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23 cases
1 firm's commentaries
  • Insolvency Law In 2007 – Where Are We Headed?
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 9 March 2007
    ...company.' 4 See Soden v British & Commonwealth Holdings Plc [1998] AC 298 and Webb Distributors (Aust) Pty Ltd v State of Victoria (1993) 179 CLR 15 5 [2004] HCA 42 6 Paul J. Omar, (2000, May). 'International Insolvency Co-Operation: The UNCITRAL Model Law', Malayan Law Journal 7 In add......
2 books & journal articles
  • Securities and Financial Services Regulation
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Annual Review No. 2021, December 2021
    • 1 December 2021
    ...as a remedy for that claim: Houldsworth v City of Glasgow Bank [1874–80] All ER Rep 333 and Webb Distributors (Aust) Pty Ltd v Victoria (1993) 179 CLR 15. That is because an award of damages in these circumstances would constitute the shareholder a creditor of the company and elevate the sh......
  • Houldsworth: an obsolete piece in the legislative puzzle.
    • Australia
    • University of Western Sydney Law Review No. 12, January 2008
    • 1 January 2008
    ...(2nd ed, 1957), 295. (21) Ibid. (22) Re Addlestone Linoleum Company [1887] 37 ChD 191. (23) Webb Distributors (Aust) Pty Ltd v Victoria (1993) 179 CLR 15. (24) Houldsworth (1880) 5 App Cas 317, (25) Ibid 329. (26) Professor Gower criticised such reasoning by noting that 'the House of Lords ......