Full Court Minute Books

Case P7/2018

Mighty River International Limited v. Hughes & Ors
Mighty River International Limited v. Mineral Resources Limited & Ors

Case No.

P7/2018, P8/2018

Case Information

Lower Court Judgment

11/08/2017 Supreme Court of Western Australia (Court of Appeal) (Buss P, Murphy and Beech JJA)

[2017] WASCA 152

Catchwords

Corporations – Deed of company arrangement – Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) ss 444A, 445G – Where company entered into deed of company arrangement – Where cl 8 provided no property of company available for distribution to creditors – Where appellant brought proceedings seeking declaration deed void or order setting deed aside – Where Supreme Court made declaration under s 445G(2) deed not void – Where Court of Appeal dismissed appeal – Whether Court of Appeal erred in holding deed complied with mandatory requirements of s 444A(4)(b) – Whether Court of Appeal erred in failing to hold deed void or invalid pursuant to s 445G(2).

Short particulars

Documents

16/02/2018 Hearing (SLA, Canberra)

02/03/2018 Notice of appeal

06/04/2018 Written submissions - P7/2018(Appellant)

06/04/2018 Chronology - P7/2018 (Appellant)

06/04/2018 Written submissions - P8/2018 (Appellant)

06/04/2018 Chronology - P8/2018 (Appellant)

04/05/2018 Written submissions - P7/2018 (Respondents)

04/05/2018 Written submissions - P8/2018 (First Respondent)

04/05/2018 Written submissions - P8/2018 (Second and Third Respondents)

25/05/2018 Reply - P7/2018  (Appellant)

25/05/2018 Reply - P8/2018  (Appellant)

19/06/2018 Hearing (Full Court, Perth) - orders pronounced dismissing appeals with costs. 

19/06/2018 Outline of oral argument (Appellant)

19/06/2018 Outline of oral argument - P7/2018 (Respondents)

19/06/2018 Outline of oral argument - P8/2018 (First Respondent)

12/09/2018 Judgment (Judgment summary)