Stewart and Anor v. Atco Controls Pty Ltd (In Liquidation)
Case No.
M141/2013
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
25/06/2013 Supreme Court of Victoria (Court of Appeal) (Warren CJ, Redlich JA & Cavanough AJA)
Catchwords
Corporations law – Liquidation – Appellant brought action against secured creditor and receiver claiming equitable lien for remuneration, costs and expenses – Action settled with receiver and sum recovered in litigation – Whether liquidator entitled to priority over secured creditor.
Equity – Equitable lien – Whether unconscientious for secured creditor to assert priority.
Documents
08/11/2013 Hearing (SLA, Melbourne)
19/11/2013 Notice of appeal
13/12/2013 Written submissions (Appellants)
13/12/2013 Chronology (Appellants)
31/01/2014 Written submissions (Respondent)
14/02/2014 Reply
06/03/2014 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
07/05/2014 Judgment (Judgment summary)
15/08/2014 Judgment