By Bonnie McMahon a Paralegal of Matthews Folbigg, with Stephen Mullette in our Insolvency, Restructuring and Debt Recovery Group
What problems can’t section 30 of the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) (“the Act”) solve? Very few, if the recent Federal Circuit Court (“FCC”) decision of Barnden (As Trustee for the Bankrupt Estate of Cooper) v Dunn & Anor [2016] FCCA 2349 (“Cooper”) is correct. In Cooper the FCC considered an application made by a trustee in bankruptcy, for the sale of a bankrupt’s jointly owned real property. [...]
