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Adams v Lambert

[2006] HCA 10
Case number
C11/2005
Before
Gleeson CJ, Gummow, Kirby, Hayne, Callinan, Heydon, Crennan JJ
Catchwords

Bankruptcy – Bankruptcy notice - Formal defect or irregularity - Interest due on judgment debt - Misdescription in notice of statutory provision under which interest claimed - Validity of notice.

Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) – ss 41(2), 306.

Bankruptcy Regulations (Cth) – reg 4.02.

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