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Ferguson v. Marcus William Ayres, Stephen James Parbery and Michael Andrew Owen in their capacities as liquidators of Queensland Nickel Pty Ltd (in liq)

Case No. B55/2016
Case information

Catchwords

Constitutional law – Validity of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) – Where plaintiff had been a director of a company – Where company was subsequently placed into administration – Where Federal Court issued summons, pursuant to s 596A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), to plaintiff requiring plaintiff’s attendance to be examined and to produce documents – Whether s 596A is an exercise of judicial power.

Short particulars

Documents

27/09/2016 Writ of summons

06/10/2016 Notice of constitutional matter (Plaintiff)

12/10/2016 Order stating a question for the Full Court

19/10/2016 Written submissions (Plaintiff)

19/10/2016 Chronology (Plaintiff)

28/10/2016 Written submissions (Attorney-General of the Commonwealth intervening)

28/10/2016 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of South Australia intervening)

03/11/2016 Written submissions (Defendants)

03/11/2016 Written submissions (Attorney-General of the State of Queensland intervening)

03/11/2016 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of Victoria intervening)

07/11/2016 Reply

10/11/2016 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)

08/02/2017 Judgment (Judgment Summary)