Catchwords
Procedure – Enforcement of Australian judgment debt in foreign jurisdiction – Where respondents obtained certificate under s 15(1) of Foreign Judgments Act 1991 (Cth) certifying finality of Australian judgment – Where application for such certificate may not be made until expiration of any stay of enforcement of judgment in question – Where judgment debtor bankrupt – Whether certificate valid – Whether s 58(3) of Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) operated to impose a stay of enforcement for purposes of Foreign Judgments Act 1991 (Cth).
Words and phrases – "enforcement by execution", "stay of enforcement of the judgment".
Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) – ss 58(3), 60(1)(b), 60(2).
Foreign Judgments Act 1991 (Cth) – ss 3(1), 15.