Ramsay Health Care Australia Pty Ltd v Compton

[2017] HCA 28
Judgment date
Case number
S53/2017
Before
Kiefel CJ, Gageler, Keane, Nettle, Edelman JJ
Catchwords

Bankruptcy – Creditor's petition – Where petitioning creditor relied upon judgment debt – Where judgment debt resulted from contested hearing – Where no suggestion of fraud or collusion in obtaining judgment – Where evidence adduced to suggest debt not truly owing – Whether Bankruptcy Court has, and should exercise, discretion to "go behind" judgment to investigate debt.

Words and phrases – "debt truly owing", "fraud, collusion or miscarriage of justice", "'go behind' a judgment", "miscarriage of justice".

Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) – s 52.

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