Australian Securities & Investments Commission v Mount Warren Park (Nominees) Pty Ltd & Ors [2005] QSC 326
SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND
CITATION: Australian Securities & Investments Commission v Mount
Warren Park (Nominees) Pty Ltd & Ors [2005] QSC 326
PARTIES: AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES & INVESTMENTS
COMMISSION
(applicant)
v
MOUNT WARREN PARK (NOMINEES) PTY LTD
ACN 102 398 818 AS TRUSTEE FOR THE MOUNT
WARREN HOSTEL UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST AND
OTHERS
(first respondent)
CARRARA NOMINEES (QLD) PTY LTD
ACN 103 217 242 AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CARRARA
UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST
(second respondent)
HILLCREST NOMINEES (QLD) PTY LTD
ACN 103 217 214 AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HILLCREST
DEVELOPMENT UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST
(third respondent)
MORAYFIELD (THE AVENEUS) PTY LTD
ACN 100 748 794 AS TRUSTEE FOR THE AVENUES
UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST
(fourth respondent)
PARTNERING DYNAMICS PTY LTD
ACN 068 541 346
(fifth respondent)
LIFECARE SERVICES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
ACN 102 326 081
(sixth respondent)
QUALITY CARE MANAGEMENT PTY LTD
ACN 088 962 707
(seventh respondent)
ROBERT THOMAS ADCOCK
(eighth respondent)
COLIN GRAHAM FRANCIS
(ninth respondent)
DAVID JOSEPH STOYAKOVICH
(tenth respondent)
BRIAN MAHER
(eleventh respondent)
MARIE MAHER
(twelfth respondent)
PAUL RODDA
(thirteenth respondent)
FILE NO: BS No 5969 of 2005
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DIVISION: Trial
PROCEEDING: Originating Application
ORIGINATING
COURT: Supreme Court at Brisbane
DELIVERED ON: 9 November 2005
DELIVERED AT: Brisbane
HEARING DATE: 21 October 2005
JUDGE: White J
ORDERS: As per attached schedules
CATCHWORDS: CORPORATIONS – WINDING UP – GENERALLY –
OTHER CASES – managed investment schemes –scheme
required to be registered not registered –acknowledgment by
operator that scheme should be wound up – proposal by
operator that operator be appointed to wind up the schemes –
all the investors support the proposal – no opposition from
ASIC – where operators undertake extensive reporting to
investors and ASIC
Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 601EE
ASIC v Tasman Investment Management Ltd [2004] NSWSC
651, 23 July 2004, cited
COUNSEL: S Keim SC and C Caulson for the applicant
R Perry SC for first, second, third, fourth, sixth, eighth, ninth
and tenth respondents
J Johnson (solicitor) for seventh, eleventh, twelfth and
thirteenth respondents
P Rosengren (solicitor) for the investors
SOLICITORS: Shaun Ansell, Special Counsel, Australian Securities &
Investment Commission for the applicant
Lynch & Co for the first, second, third, fourth, sixth, eighth,
ninth and tenth respondents
Johnsons for the seventh, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth
respondents
Deacons for the investors
[1] The parties appeared in the Applications Court on 21 October 2005. The operators
of four unregistered managed investment schemes – the first to fourth respondents –
sought orders that they be appointed to wind up the schemes in accordance with s
601EE(1)(b) of the Corporations Act 2001. All of the investors in the several
schemes supported the proposed orders. The Australian Securities and Investment
Commission did not oppose the orders. After reading the extensive written
submissions and hearing oral argument I made the orders which are attached to
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these reasons with reasons to be provided in due course. Those reasons are now
provided.
[2] The applicant (‘ASIC’) alleged that the first to fourth respondents were the
operators of four unregistered managed investment schemes which were required to
be registered under the provisions of the Corporations Act 2001. ASIC alleged that
as a consequence of the non-registration of the four schemes their continued
operation was unlawful and that the schemes should be wound up. ASIC sought the
appointment of insolvency practitioners as Receivers and Managers of the property
of the schemes and the winding-up of those schemes.
[3] The projects undertaken by the first, second and third respondents, Mount Warren
Park (Nominees) Pty Ltd, Carrara Nominees (Qld) Pty Ltd and Hillcrest Nominees
(Qld) Pty Ltd, respectively, involved the acquisition, construction and operation of
aged care centres in Queensland. Initially the project undertaken by the fourth
respondent, Morayfield (The Avenues) Pty Ltd, was an aged care project but
became a residential subdivision development when it was determined that an aged
care project in the Morayfield area was unlikely to be successful.
[4] Each of the first to fourth respondents is the trustee of a unit trust. Investors
subscribed for B and C class units in each of the unit trusts and paid subscription
monies to each of the first to fourth respondents in consideration of the issue of
these units to them. Investors who have C class units are entitled to repayment of
interest and redemption of capital on certain redemption dates. B class units permit
investors to share in any profit derived by each trustee from the lease of the aged
care centres to be constructed on the land owned by each of the first to fourth
respondents after the construction of those complexes and their leasing to operators.
[5] The initial promoters of the four schemes were companies associated with the
twelfth respondent, Mrs Marie Therese Maher, and the thirteenth respondent, Mr
Paul James Rodda, and had A class units in each trust to the number of B class units
in each trust.
[6] From the commencement of the operation of each of the managed investment
schemes operated by the first to fourth respondents until 29 March 2004 Mrs Maher
and Mr Rodda were directors of each of those companies and controlled the conduct
of each managed investment scheme. On 29 March 2004 the ninth respondent, Mr
Colin Graham Francis, and the tenth respondent, Mr David Joseph Stoyakovich,
were appointed directors of each of the first to fourth respondents and the eighth
respondent, Mr Robert Thomas Adcock, the secretary to each of those companies.
[7] The fifth and seventh respondents, Partnering Dynamics Pty Ltd and Quality Care
Management Pty Ltd, are companies associated with Mrs Maher and Mr Rodda.
The eleventh respondent is Mr Brian James Maher, the husband of Mrs Maher.
[8] According to Mr Francis:
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“38. As at 29 March 2004 the projects being undertaken by the
First to Fourth Respondents were in a shambles. The builder
contracted to construct the Hillcrest, Carrara and Mount Warren
complexes had ceased work and placed caveats over the land owned
by each of the First, Second and Third Respondents.
39. Only some basic site clearing had been undertaken on the
Morayfield project and no construction finance had been obtained.
40. Some foundation work had been completed on the Mount
Warren site and there was an existing loan in place relating to the
acquisition of the site. No construction finance had yet been
obtained for the project.
41. The external mortgagee for the Carrara project had ceased
providing construction finance and the loan was in default.
42. Each of the First to Fourth Respondents maintained bank
accounts at the National Australia Bank into which the subscription
moneys received from investors was paid. When Mr Stoyakovich
and myself took over as directors of the First to Fourth Respondents
we were given no access to the National Australia Bank accounts and
these accounts were closed by Mrs Maher and Mr Rodda.
43. Notwithstanding the subscription of funds from investors no
funds remained for the use of the First to Fourth respondents in the
completion of the scheme projects as at 29 March 2004.
44. In order to rectify the position of the scheme projects Mr
Stoyakovich and myself pledged our own credit by signing personal
guarantees in support of new loans for the projects. Moreover we
cause the Sixth Respondent [Lifecare Services Australia Pty Ltd] to
provide securities for various financiers so that the scheme projects
could be re-started. Further Mr Stoyakovich, Mr Adcock and myself
established new trust accounts for the First to Fourth Respondents
and contributed moneys to these accounts in order to capitalise the
First to Fourth Respondents so that the operations of the First to
Fourth Respondents could continue.
45. By the time of the commencement of these proceedings:-
(a) construction finance had been obtained for the Morayfield
projects, construction was well under way and a number of pre-sales
had been obtained of the residential lots within the project with an
expected completion date of 12 months;
(b) construction finance had been obtained for the Carrara
project and construction was over half complete with a completion
date of December 2005;
(c) construction finance had been obtained for the Hillcrest
Project with an expected completion date of March 2006;
(d) the existing Mount Warren mortgage was refinanced and
construction finance was being sought to complete the project.”
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Affidavit of Colin Graham Francis filed 18 October 2005.
[9] In early 2005 ASIC commenced an investigation of the schemes including the
examination of Mr Stoyakovich, Mr Adcock and Mr Francis.
[10] Acting on legal advice the first to fourth respondents convened meetings of
investors in the four schemes and informed them of the ASIC investigation and of a
number of possible outcomes to that investigation including the appointment of an
insolvency practitioner to wind-up the schemes. The investors requested the first to
fourth respondents to formulate a plan of action in order to safeguard their interests.
[11] As a consequence, at meetings held in Brisbane and Sydney at the end of June 2005,
investors in each of the four schemes (with the exception of two), voted to enter into
extinguishment arrangements whereby the interests of participating investors in the
four managed investment schemes would be extinguished in exchange for the
transfer to each investor of a proportionate amount of the land owned by each of the
first to fourth respondents. The proposal included the provision of an option from
each participating investor to the sixth respondent, Lifecare Services Australia Pty
Ltd, for an option price calculated by the sum of the amount of each investor’s
capital invested, the amount of interest owing to each investor up to 30 June 2005
and the refund of any stamp duty paid by the investor on the extinguishment
documents. A feature of the extinguishment proposal was that participating
investors gave up their entitlement as B class unit holders to participate in any
future profits of each of the first to fourth respondents from the leasing of the agent
care complexes.
[12] The first to fourth respondents had arranged for Deacons Lawyers to provide
independent advice to the investors about the proposed deeds of extinguishment and
transfer. This advice, provided by Mr Peter Rosengren, a partner at Deacons, was
paid for by the first to fourth respondents.
[13] All (except three) investors executed deeds of extinguishment and transfer.
[14] The present proceedings were commenced by an originating application to wind-up
the schemes and an interlocutory application for the appointment of receivers and
managers to the schemes filed on 22 July 2005 by ASIC and returnable on 28 July
2005.
[15] After negotiation between ASIC and the first to fourth respondents directions were
made by consent on 28 July 2005 by Mullins J which permitted those respondents to
continue the construction of the four projects on undertakings not to dissipate the
assets of the schemes other than in the ordinary course of business.
[16] The interlocutory application was adjourned to the civil list for hearing on 16
September 2005 with directions for its further progress.
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[17] After the 28 July order negotiations ensued between ASIC, the first to fourth
respondents and the investors in relation to the settlement of the proceedings.
Meetings were held between investors in Brisbane and Sydney and officers of ASIC
and detailed independent legal advice was given by Mr Rosengren to the investors.
[18] The proposal before the court on 21 October on the application of the first to fourth
respondents was that each of the four schemes should be wound-up and that each of
the first to fourth respondents be appointed to wind-up each respective scheme. The
winding-up was to be undertaken by completing the scheme projects by those
corporations. The proposed orders gave the investors the same benefits that were to
have been provided to them under the deeds of extinguishment being
• the repayment of capital;
• the repayment of interest to 30 June 2005;
• the repayment of any stamp duty paid by the investors on the
extinguishment document.
By the 21 October all investors supported the proposed orders.
[19] The orders provide that the first to fourth respondents will be deemed to have
completed the winding-up of each scheme when the investors are paid out but must,
in any event, complete the winding up of
• the Morayfield scheme within 12 months;
• the Hillcrest scheme within 18 months;
• the Carrara scheme within 18 months;
• the Mount Warren scheme within 24 months.
If the investors are not paid out within those periods all of the assets of the scheme
must be sold and the proceeds distributed to the investors.
[20] The orders provide that in the course of the winding-up of the schemes the first to
fourth respondents must each undertake extensive reporting to investors, ASIC and
the supervisor appointed to each scheme. The supervisor, Mr Michael McDonald,
is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and a registered
company auditor. He is a partner in the firm Moore Stephens (Brisbane) &
Partners. He was appointed pursuant to s 601EE(2) of the Corporations Act to
receive the various progress reports referred to in the orders and to supervise the
payment of project management fees to the sixth respondent, Lifecare Services
Australia Pty Ltd, to ensure that it is paid project management fees in accordance
with the procedures specified. Mr McDonald will respond to any queries made by
ASIC in connection with the winding up of the schemes. His costs are to be paid by
the sixth respondent.
[21] The orders require monthly reporting during the course of the winding-up of the
schemes to ASIC, the investors and the supervisor by the scheme operators. The
first, second and third respondents must report about:
• the extent to which the aged care complex has been completed in
each case;
• the number of residents for which residency agreements have been
completed in each case;
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• the marketing of the aged care complex in each case;
• the extent to which the fit out of each aged care complex has been
completed;
• the progress made in obtaining staff for each aged care complex;
• the progress made in the lodgement of all necessary applications
with the Commonwealth Department of Ageing so as to facilitate
the certification and accreditation of the aged care complex under
the Aged Care Act 1997 (Cth);
• the progress made in obtaining residents for the aged care complex
in each case and whether the residents are funded or unfunded and
to the extent that they are unfunded whether the bed allocations are
obtained by purchase or lease;
• the amount of accommodation bonds obtained;
• the amount of fees paid by the first second and third respondents to
the sixth respondent for the preceding monthly period and a
statement of the balance of project management fees still undrawn;
and
• a list of all receipts and payments made by the first, second and
third respondents in the preceding monthly period.
[22] The fourth respondent must report on
• the construction of the 50 residences;
• the marketing of the 50 residences;
• the execution of sale contracts for each of the 50 residences;
• the completion of the sale of each of the 50 residences
• the distribution of the proceeds of sale of the 50 residences in the
following manner
• first in discharge of any monies due by the fourth
respondent to any registered mortgagee;
• second in payment to the investors of the sums provided
for in the order;
• third in repayment to the sixth respondent of any monies
owing by the fourth respondent to the sixth respondent;
• finally the balance of the proceeds of sale (if any) to the
fourth respondent.
[23] In addition to the reporting requirements on a monthly basis, the first to fourth
respondents are required by the orders to provide quarterly reports to ASIC, the
investors and the supervisor about
• a balance sheet for each of the schemes;
• a statement of any payments made to or by a unit holder of any of
the schemes;
• a list of aged creditors for each scheme;
• a certificate by the operator of each scheme stating whether in its
opinion the scheme is solvent or insolvent;
• a list of any legal proceedings brought by or against any of the first
to fourth respondents.
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[24] Under the orders relating to the Carrara scheme two investors, AKR Investments
Pty Ltd and GJ & CA Piggott Superannuation Fund, are to receive the repayment of
capital and interest earlier than the other investors in that scheme who have
consented to the proposed orders. Those non-participating investors will receive
interest payments for the period 30 June 2005 until 30 June 2006 whereas
participating investors’ interest entitlement is capped at 30 June 2005. The other
investors were aware of this differential treatment and have nonetheless consented
to the orders.
[25] At the time of hearing the application the Carrara and Hillcrest constructions were
proceedings according to schedule; the Morayfield construction was delayed due to
the external mortgagee terminating the construction loan because of the current
proceedings but had reached agreement with the financier to reinstate the
construction loan subject, inter alia, to these orders being made. The Mount Warren
mortgage as at 21 October was in default but an indicative letter of finance approval
had been received for the sum of $7.425 million for construction finance.
[26] The orders provide for the dismissal of both the originating application and the
interlocutory application against all respondents other than the Fifth, Seventh,
Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth Respondents. Mr Johnson, who appeared for
those respondents, indicated that they abided the orders of the court.
[27] Section 601EE of the Corporations Act provides
“(1) If a person operates a managed investment scheme in
contravention of subsection 601ED(5), the following may apply to
the court to have the scheme wound up:
(a) ASIC;
(b) the person operating the scheme;
(c) a member of the scheme.
(2) The Court may make any orders it considers appropriate for
the winding up of the scheme.”
[28] As Barrett J said in ASIC v Tasman Investment Management Ltd [2004] NSWSC
651 (decision of 23 July 2004), s 601EE(2) says nothing about the way a winding-
up ordered by the court is to be carried out or who should have the carriage of it.
Those matters are left entirely to the court’s orders.
[29] In its letter to the investors in each of the schemes dated 7 October 2005 ASIC
explained that in applying to the court for orders about the schemes, it sought to
have the schemes completed in a manner which would ensure that investors
received full, accurate and independent information and disclosure as well as all of
the protection that would be available to investors in a registered managed
investment scheme. ASIC continued
“Notwithstanding ASIC’s preferred position that the completion of
the schemes be conducted by an independent person ... both the
operators and investors legal representatives have insisted that
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completion of the schemes should be undertaken by the current
operators with minimal supervision by an independent person.
It is important to note that under Mr Rosengren’s proposal ASIC will
have no supervisory role in relation to the completion of the
schemes, so that investors will need to ensure that they adequately
monitor the conduct of the operators in completing the schemes.”
[30] ASIC indicated to the investors that in view of the proposal which had been worked
out by Mr Rosengren on behalf of the investors and the solicitor for the operators,
ASIC had decided not to oppose the proposed orders which would allow for the
current operators to complete the schemes if all the investors endorsed the proposed
orders. The ASIC letter highlighted a number of aspects of the orders including that
ASIC had no role in the supervision of the completion of the schemes and that the
investors would bear the risk that the current operators would not complete the
schemes in a manner beneficial to their interests. ASIC noted that the role of the
supervisor, Mr McDonald, was solely to supervise the payment of the project
management fees. In effect, ASIC was endeavouring to ensure that the investors
fully understood that they were responsible for overseeing the due completion of the
projects by the operators.
[31] In Tasman Investments Barrett J reviewed a great many of the authorities relating to
s 601EE including a number of cases in this jurisdiction. He concluded
“Several threads run through theses cases. I would respectfully
adopt the observation of Mullins J in the Atlantic 3 case [ASIC v
Atlantic 3 Financial (Aust) Pty Ltd (2003) 47 ACSR 52] that there
can be a tension between what is required, as a matter of public
interest, for the protection of the body of investors and what is
perceived as a matter of private interest, to be in the interests of
investors individually; and that is ultimately a matter of balancing
all factors relevant to the particular case in determining who should
be entrusted with the task of winding up the scheme and on what
terms. At the same time, I remain of the general view (expressed in
ASIC v Takaran (No 2)) that the public interest dimension would
cause winding up by the existing and contravening operator not to be
favoured except in exceptional circumstances.” para 31.
[32] There are a number of factors which make the winding-up of the schemes by the
operators of these schemes not inappropriate. All of the investors in each of the
schemes consent to the proposed orders. Their agreement has been obtained with
each investor having the benefit of analysis and advice by an independent
experienced solicitor acting on their behalf together with a cautionary letter from
ASIC. The schemes are progressing satisfactorily after Mr Francis and Mr
Stoyakovich became directors of the first to the fourth respondents and Mr Adcock
the secretary. The proposals include very stringent reporting conditions and, in light
of the initiative of the first to the fourth respondents through the offices of Messrs
Francis, Stoyakovich and Adcock in meeting with the investors and putting in place
the deeds of extinguishment, the likelihood of them complying with the strict
reporting and supervisory regimes included in the orders is high. The investors
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clearly see these orders as benefiting them more than would be the case were an
independent supervisor to be appointed as was ASIC’s preferred position bearing in
mind the costs of such an appointment. The public interest is not affronted by these
orders. This regime does not include the eleventh, twelfth or thirteenth respondents
or their companies.
[33] The orders entrusting the winding-up in each case to the scheme’s operator are
annexed to these reasons.
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SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND REGISTRY: Brisbane
NUMBER: BS5969/05
Applicant: AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS
COMMISSION
AND
First Respondent MOUNT WARREN PARK (NOMINEES) PTY
LTD (A.C.N. 102 398 818)
AND
Second Respondent: CARRARA NOMINEES (QLD) PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 103 217 241)
AND
Third Respondent: HILLCREST NOMINEES (QLD) PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 103 217 214)
AND
Fourth Respondent: MORAYFIELD (THE AVENUES) PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 100 748 794)
AND
Fifth Respondent: PARTNERING DYNAMICS PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 068 541 346)
AND
Sixth Respondent: LIFECARE SERVICES AUSTRALIA PTY
LTD (A.C.N. 102 326 081)
AND
Seventh Respondent: QUALITY CARE MANAGEMENT PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 088 962 707)
AND
Eighth Respondent: ROBERT THOMAS ADCOCK
AND
Ninth Respondent: COLIN GRAHAM FRANCIS
AND
Tenth Respondent: DAVID JOSEPH STOYAKOVICH
AND
Eleventh Respondent: BRIAN JAMES MAHER
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AND
Twelfth Respondent MARIE THERESE MAHER
AND
Thirteenth Respondent: PAUL JAMES RODDA
ORDER
Before:
Date:
Initiating Document: Interlocutory Application filed 22 July 2005
Originating Application filed 22 July 2005
1. The First Respondent be appointed to wind up the managed investment scheme conducted by
the First Respondent (‘the Mount Warren scheme’) pursuant to sec.601EE of the Corporations Act
2001 in accordance with the terms of this order.
2. The First Respondent wind-up the Mount Warren scheme by completing the Mount Warren
project and the winding up of the Mount Warren scheme shall be deemed to be
completed,(subject to the operation of paragraph 9) when each investor in the Mount Warren
scheme is paid a sum comprising:-
(a) the principal sum contributed by each investor to the scheme; and
(b) interest on the principal calculated at the rate of 10% per annum on the principal sum
from the date of the contribution of the said sum by the investor until 30 June 2005; and
(c) any stamp duty paid by the investor on account of stamp duty on the Deed of
Extinguishment and Transfers signed by the investor(other than duty that has already
been refunded to the investor).
provided however that the winding up must be completed within 24 months of the date of this
order. For the avoidance of doubt, if the winding up is not completed within 24 months of the date
of this order, the First Respondent shall forthwith sell the land and improvements thereon then
comprising the Mount Warren project and distribute the proceeds in accordance with paragraph
5(m).
3. For the purpose of this order the Mount Warren project means the acquisition, construction ,
development and operation of a 72 bed aged care residential complex at 33 Mount Warren
Boulevard, Mt Warren.
4. The following provisions of the Corporations Act 2001 shall apply to the winding up of the
Mount Warren scheme:-
(a) sec.477(1)(a);
(b) sec.477(2)(a), (b),(c),(d), (e) and (k);
(c) sec. 477 (2A);
(d) sec.477 (2)(m);
as if the reference to a “liquidator” was a reference to the First Respondent and as if the
reference to a “company” in sec.477(1) and sec.477(2) was a reference to the Scheme and as if
the reference to a “creditor” in sec. 477(2A) was a reference to an investor.
5. The First Respondent in completing the Mount Warren project shall undertake each of the
following steps in the winding up or steps to like effect as the First Respondent determines may
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be necessary in order for it to comply with these orders(except for the payments required by
paragraph 5 (l) which the First Respondent must make):-
(a) the construction of the 72 bed aged care residential complex and the payment to Lifecare
Services Australia Pty Ltd of project management fees in accordance with the provisions
of this order;
(b) the marketing of the 72 bed aged care places to potential residents;
(c) the installation of appropriate fit-out for the complex and for this purpose the First
Respondent shall be entitled to further encumber the land owned by the First
Respondent;
(d) the obtaining of appropriate staff for the conduct of the complex;
(e) the lodgement of a policies and procedures manual with the Commonwealth Department
of Health and Ageing;
(f) the lodgement of the necessary applications with the Commonwealth Department of
Health and Ageing so as to obtain accreditation and certification under the Aged Care Act
1997;
(g) the filling of the complex with residents whether or not those residents are unfunded by
the Commonwealth government or funded by the Commonwealth government and in the
case of unfunded residents whether or not the residential places to be offered to potential
residents are obtained by the purchase or lease of bed allocations;
(h) the lodgement of all necessary applications with the Commonwealth Department of
Health and Ageing so as to enable the obtaining of funded bed allocations;
(i) the collection and investment of accommodation bonds from residents in accordance with
the provisions of the Aged Care Act (C’wlth) 1997;
(j) the registration of the lease of the aged care residential complex to Lifestyle Care
Providers Pty Ltd in accordance with the agreement to lease entered into between the
First Respondent and Lifestyle Care Providers Pty Ltd;
(k) the refinance of the existing indebtedness on the land owned by the First Respondent for
the purpose of the payment to the investors specified in paragraph 2 (a)-(c);
(l) the distribution of the proceeds of the refinance of the land owned by the First
Respondent in the following manner:-
(i) firstly, in discharge of any monies due by the First Respondent to any registered
mortgagee;
(ii) secondly, in payment to the investors of the sums specified in paragraph 2 (a)-(c) and
in payment to the First Respondent for the sums due to it;
(iii) thirdly, in repayment to the Sixth Respondent of any monies owing by the First
Respondent to the Sixth Respondent;
(iv) lastly, the balance of any proceeds of the refinance (if any), to the First Respondent.
6. In the course of the winding-up of the Mount Warren scheme the First Respondent shall
provide a monthly report to each investor in the scheme and to the Supervisor on the second
Tuesday of each month reporting on the following matters for the preceding monthly period:-
(a) the extent to which the aged care complex has been completed;
(b) the number of residents for which residency agreements have been completed;
(c) the marketing of the aged care complex undertaken to that date;
(d) the extent to which the fit-out of the aged care complex has been completed;
(e) the progress made in obtaining staff for the conduct of the aged care complex;
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(f) the progress made in the lodgement of all necessary applications with the Commonwealth
Department of Ageing so as to facilitate the certification and accreditation of the aged care
complex under the Aged Care Act 1997;
(g) the progress made in obtaining residents for the aged care complex and whether the residents
obtained are funded or unfunded and to the extent that they are unfunded whether the bed
allocations are obtained by purchase or lease;
(h) the amount of accommodation bonds obtained;
(i) the amount of fees paid by the First Respondent to the Sixth Respondent for the preceding
monthly period together with a statement of the balance of project management fees still
undrawn;
(j) a list of all receipts and payments made by the First Respondent in the preceding monthly
period.
7. The Sixth Respondent shall only be entitled to be paid project management fees from the First
Respondent on a monthly basis for the balance of project management fees remaining undrawn
as at the date of this order in the same proportion as the projects being undertaken by the First
Respondent is constructed in any monthly period.
8. The First Respondent shall on a four monthly basis from the date of this order, prepare and
provide a report to the investors, ASIC and the Supervisor which shall comprise:-
(a) a Balance Sheet for the scheme;
(b) a statement of any payments made to or by a unitholder in the scheme;
(c) a list of aged creditors for the scheme;
(d) a certificate by the operator of the scheme stating whether in its opinion the scheme is solvent
or insolvent;
(e) a list of any legal proceedings brought by or against the First Respondent.
9. Pursuant to sec. 601EE (2) of the Corporations Act 2001 Mike McDonald shall forthwith be
appointed as Supervisor to receive the reports referred to herein and to supervise the payment of
project management fees to the Sixth Respondent so as to ensure that the Sixth Respondent is
paid project management fees in accordance with the procedure specified in the Annexure to this
order. The Supervisor shall forthwith respond to ASIC in relation to any enquiry made by ASIC to
the Supervisor in connection with the winding-up of the schemes.
10. The Sixth Respondent shall pay the supervisor’s costs of supervision of the payment of the
project management fees undertaken pursuant to paragraph 9 of this order.
11. The interlocutory application brought by the Applicant, to the extent of any relief sought
against the First Respondent, be dismissed with no order as to costs.
12. The application to wind-up the First Respondent brought by the Applicant, be dismissed with
no order as to costs.
13. Otherwise the Originating application brought by the Applicant, to the extent of any relief
sought against the First Respondent, be dismissed with no order as to costs.
14. The First Respondent will not make any payments of project management fees to the
Seventh, Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth Respondents in relation to the Mt Warren scheme.
15. On reasonable notice, the First Respondent will provide to ASIC access to and facilities for
inspecting any documents of a scheme.
16. The First Respondent shall, as soon as is practicable, answer any written enquiry by ASIC or
an investor in relation to the winding up of the scheme.
Signed:
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SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND REGISTRY: Brisbane
NUMBER: BS5969/05
Applicant: AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS
COMMISSION
AND
First Respondent MOUNT WARREN PARK (NOMINEES) PTY
LTD (A.C.N. 102 398 818)
AND
Second Respondent: CARRARA NOMINEES (QLD) PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 103 217 241)
AND
Third Respondent: HILLCREST NOMINEES (QLD) PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 103 217 214)
AND
Fourth Respondent: MORAYFIELD (THE AVENUES) PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 100 748 794)
AND
Fifth Respondent: PARTNERING DYNAMICS PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 068 541 346)
AND
Sixth Respondent: LIFECARE SERVICES AUSTRALIA PTY
LTD (A.C.N. 102 326 081)
AND
Seventh Respondent: QUALITY CARE MANAGEMENT PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 088 962 707)
AND
Eighth Respondent: ROBERT THOMAS ADCOCK
AND
Ninth Respondent: COLIN GRAHAM FRANCIS
AND
Tenth Respondent: DAVID JOSEPH STOYAKOVICH
AND
Eleventh Respondent: BRIAN JAMES MAHER
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AND
Twelfth Respondent MARIE THERESE MAHER
AND
Thirteenth Respondent: PAUL JAMES RODDA
ORDER
Before:
Date:
Initiating Document: Interlocutory Application filed 22 July 2005
Originating Application filed 22 July 2005
1. The Second Respondent be appointed to wind up the managed investment scheme conducted
by the Second Respondent (‘the Cararra scheme’) pursuant to sec.601EE of the Corporations Act
2001 in accordance with the terms of this order.
2. The Second Respondent wind-up the Cararra scheme by completing the Cararra project and
the winding up of the Cararra scheme shall be deemed to be completed,(subject to the operation
of paragraph 9) when each investor in the Carrara scheme is paid a sum comprising:-
(a) the principal sum contributed by each investor to the scheme; and
(d) interest on the principal calculated at the rate of 10% per annum on the principal sum
from the date of the contribution of the said sum by the investor until 30 June 2005; and
(e) any stamp duty paid by the investor on account of stamp duty on the Deed of
Extinguishment and Transfers signed by the investor(other than duty that has already
been refunded to the investor).
provided however that the winding up must be completed within 18 months of the date of this
order. For the avoidance of doubt, if the winding up is not completed within 18 months of the date
of this order, the Second Respondent shall forthwith sell the land and improvements thereon then
comprising the Cararra project and distribute the proceeds in accordance with paragraph 5 (l).
3. For the purpose of this order the Cararra project means the acquisition, construction ,
development and operation of a 66 bed aged care residential complex at 45 Chisholm Road,
Carrara.
4. The following provisions of the Corporations Act 2001 shall apply to the winding up of the
Cararra scheme:-
(a) sec.477(1)(a);
(b) sec.477(2)(a), (b),(c),(d), (e) and (k);
(c) sec. 477 (2A);
(d) sec.477 (2)(m);
as if the reference to a “liquidator” was a reference to the Second Respondent and as if the
reference to a “company” in sec.477(1) and sec.477(2) was a reference to the Scheme and as if
the reference to a “creditor” in sec. 477(2A) was a reference to an investor.
5. The Second Respondent in completing the Cararra project shall undertake each of the
following steps in the winding up or steps to like effect as the Second Respondent determines
may be necessary in order for it to comply with these orders(except for the payments required by
paragraph 5 (l) which the Second Respondent must make):-
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(m) the construction of the 66 bed aged care residential complex and the payment to Lifecare
Services Australia Pty Ltd of project management fees in accordance with the provisions
of this order;
(n) the marketing of the 66 bed aged care places to potential residents;
(o) the installation of appropriate fit-out for the complex and for this purpose the Second
Respondent shall be entitled to further encumber the land owned by the Second
Respondent;
(p) the obtaining of appropriate staff for the conduct of the complex;
(q) the lodgement of a policies and procedures manual with the Commonwealth Department
of Health and Ageing;
(r) the lodgement of the necessary applications with the Commonwealth Department of
Health and Ageing so as to obtain accreditation and certification under the Aged Care Act
1997;
(s) the filling of the complex with residents whether or not those residents are unfunded by
the Commonwealth government or funded by the Commonwealth government and in the
case of unfunded residents whether or not the residential places to be offered to potential
residents are obtained by the purchase or lease of bed allocations;
(t) the lodgement of all necessary applications with the Commonwealth Department of
Health and Ageing so as to enable the obtaining of funded bed allocations;
(u) the collection and investment of accommodation bonds from residents in accordance with
the provisions of the Aged Care Act (C’wlth) 1997;
(v) the registration of the lease of the aged care residential complex to Lifestyle Care
Providers Pty Ltd in accordance with the agreement to lease entered into between the
Second Respondent and Lifestyle Care Providers Pty Ltd;
(w) the refinance of the existing indebtedness on the land owned by the Second Respondent
for the purpose of the payment to the investors specified in paragraph 2 (a)-(c);
(x) the distribution of the proceeds of the refinance of the land owned by the Second
Respondent in the following manner:-
(v) firstly, in discharge of any monies due by the Second Respondent to any registered
mortgagee;
(vi) secondly, in payment to the investors of the sums specified in paragraph 2 (a)-(c)
(vii) thirdly, in repayment to the Sixth Respondent of any monies owing by the Second
Respondent to the Sixth Respondent;
(viii) lastly, the balance of any proceeds of the refinance (if any), to the Second
Respondent.
6. In the course of the winding-up of the Cararra scheme the Second Respondent shall provide a
monthly report to each investor in the scheme and to the Supervisor on the second Tuesday of
each month reporting on the following matters for the preceding monthly period:-
(a) the extent to which the aged care complex has been completed;
(b) the number of residents for which residency agreements have been completed;
(c) the marketing of the aged care complex undertaken to that date;
(d) the extent to which the fit-out of the aged care complex has been completed;
(e) the progress made in obtaining staff for the conduct of the aged care complex;
(f) the progress made in the lodgement of all necessary applications with the Commonwealth
Department of Ageing so as to facilitate the certification and accreditation of the aged care
complex under the Aged Care Act 1997;
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(g) the progress made in obtaining residents for the aged care complex and whether the residents
obtained are funded or unfunded and to the extent that they are unfunded whether the bed
allocations are obtained by purchase or lease;
(h) the amount of accommodation bonds obtained;
(i) the amount of fees paid by the Second Respondent to the Sixth Respondent for the preceding
monthly period together with a statement of the balance of project management fees still
undrawn;
(j) a list of all receipts and payments made by the Second Respondent in the preceding monthly
period.
7. The Sixth Respondent shall only be entitled to be paid project management fees from the
Second Respondent on a monthly basis for the balance of project management fees remaining
undrawn as at the date of this order in the same proportion as the projects being undertaken by
the Second Respondent is constructed in any monthly period.
8. The Second Respondent shall on a four monthly basis from the date of this order, prepare and
provide a report to the investors, ASIC and the Supervisor which shall comprise:-
(a) a Balance Sheet for the scheme;
(b) a statement of any payments made to or by a unitholder in the scheme;
(c) a list of aged creditors for the scheme;
(d) a certificate by the operator of the scheme stating whether in its opinion the scheme is solvent
or insolvent;
(e) a list of any legal proceedings brought by or against the Second Respondent.
9. The Second Respondent shall pay to both AKR Investments Pty Ltd and Gregory James
Piggott and Catherine Ann Piggott as Trustees of the G.J.& C.A. Piggott Superannuation Fund:-
(a) not later than 1 July 2006, the principal sum of $100,100.00 contributed to the scheme by each
of AKR Investments Pty Ltd and Gregory James Piggott and Catherine Ann Piggott as Trustees of
the G.J.& C.A. Piggott Superannuation Fund; and
(b) within 14 days of the making of this order, interest calculated at the rate of 10% per annum on
the principal sum of $100,100.00 from the date of the contribution of the said sum by AKR
Investments Pty Ltd (19 June 2003) and Gregory James Piggott and Catherine Ann Piggott as
Trustees of the G.J.& C.A. Piggott Superannuation Fund until 30 June 2005; and
(c) on 1 July 2006, all interest accrued during the period 30 June 2005 to 30 June 2006 calculated
at the rate of 10% per annum on the principal sum of $100,100.00 contributed to the scheme by
each of AKR Investments Pty Ltd and Gregory James Piggott and Catherine Ann Piggott as
Trustees of the G.J.& C.A. Piggott Superannuation Fund
and upon receipt of those payments by them, the interests of AKR Investments Pty Ltd and
Gregory James Piggott and Catherine Ann Piggott as Trustees of the G.J.& C.A. Piggott
Superannuation Fund in the Cararra scheme shall be deemed to have been extinguished.
10. Pursuant to sec. 601EE (2) of the Corporations Act 2001 Mike McDonald shall forthwith be
appointed as Supervisor to receive the reports referred to herein and to supervise the payment of
project management fees to the Sixth Respondent so as to ensure that the Sixth Respondent is
paid project management fees in accordance with the procedure specified in the Annexure to this
order. The Supervisor shall forthwith respond to ASIC in relation to any enquiry made by ASIC to
the Supervisor in connection with the winding-up of the schemes.
11. The Sixth Respondent shall pay the supervisor’s costs of supervision of the payment of the
project management fees undertaken pursuant to paragraph 10 of this order.
12. The interlocutory application brought by the Applicant, to the extent of any relief sought
against the Second Respondent, be dismissed with no order as to costs.
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13. The application to wind-up the Second Respondent brought by the Applicant, be dismissed
with no order as to costs.
14. Otherwise the Originating application brought by the Applicant, to the extent of any relief
sought against the Second Respondent, be dismissed with no order as to costs.
15. The Second Respondent will not make any payments of project management fees to the
Seventh, Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth Respondents in relation to the schemes.
16. On reasonable notice, the Second Respondent will provide to ASIC access to and facilities for
inspecting any documents of a scheme.
17. The Second Respondent shall, as soon as is practicable, answer any written enquiry by ASIC
or an investor in relation to the winding up of the scheme.
Signed:
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SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND REGISTRY: Brisbane
NUMBER: BS5969/05
Applicant: AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS
COMMISSION
AND
First Respondent MOUNT WARREN PARK (NOMINEES) PTY
LTD (A.C.N. 102 398 818)
AND
Second Respondent: CARRARA NOMINEES (QLD) PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 103 217 241)
AND
Third Respondent: HILLCREST NOMINEES (QLD) PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 103 217 214)
AND
Fourth Respondent: MORAYFIELD (THE AVENUES) PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 100 748 794)
AND
Fifth Respondent: PARTNERING DYNAMICS PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 068 541 346)
AND
Sixth Respondent: LIFECARE SERVICES AUSTRALIA PTY
LTD (A.C.N. 102 326 081)
AND
Seventh Respondent: QUALITY CARE MANAGEMENT PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 088 962 707)
AND
Eighth Respondent: ROBERT THOMAS ADCOCK
AND
Ninth Respondent: COLIN GRAHAM FRANCIS
AND
Tenth Respondent: DAVID JOSEPH STOYAKOVICH
AND
Eleventh Respondent: BRIAN JAMES MAHER
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AND
Twelfth Respondent MARIE THERESE MAHER
AND
Thirteenth Respondent: PAUL JAMES RODDA
ORDER
Before:
Date:
Initiating Document: Interlocutory Application filed 22 July 2005
Originating Application filed 22 July 2005
1. The Third Respondent be appointed to wind up the managed investment scheme conducted by
the Third Respondent (‘the Hillcrest scheme’) pursuant to sec.601EE of the Corporations Act
2001 in accordance with the terms of this order.
2. The Third Respondent wind-up the Hillcrest scheme by completing the Hillcrest project and the
winding up of the Hillcrest scheme shall be deemed to be completed when each investor in the
Hillcrest scheme is paid a sum comprising:-
(a) the principal sum contributed by each investor to the scheme; and
(b) interest on the principal calculated at the rate of 10% per annum on the principal sum
from the date of the contribution of the said sum by the investor until 30 June 2005; and
(c) any stamp duty paid by the investor on account of stamp duty on the Deed of
Extinguishment and Transfers signed by the investor(other than duty that has already
been refunded to the investor).
provided however that the winding up must be completed within 18 months of the date of this
order. For the avoidance of doubt, if the winding up is not completed within 18 months of the date
of this order, the Third Respondent shall forthwith sell the land and improvements thereon then
comprising the Hillcrest project and distribute the proceeds in accordance with paragraph 5 (l).
3. For the purpose of this order the Hillcrest project means the acquisition, construction ,
development and operation of Stage 1 of a 72 bed aged care residential complex at 46 Middle
Road, Hillcrest.
4. The following provisions of the Corporations Act 2001 shall apply to the winding up of the
Hillcrest scheme:-
(a) sec.477(1)(a);
(b) sec.477(2)(a), (b),(c),(d), (e) and (k);
(c) sec. 477 (2A);
(d) sec.477 (2)(m);
as if the reference to a “liquidator” was a reference to the Third Respondent and as if the
reference to a “company” in sec.477(1) and sec.477(2) was a reference to the Scheme and as if
the reference to a “creditor” in sec. 477(2A) was a reference to an investor.
5. The Third Respondent in completing the Hillcrest project shall undertake each of the following
steps in the winding up or steps to like effect as the Third Respondent determines may be
necessary in order for it to comply with these orders(except for the payments required by
paragraph 5 (l) which the Third Respondent must make):-
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(a) the construction of the 72 bed aged care residential complex and the payment to Lifecare
Services Australia Pty Ltd of project management fees in accordance with the provisions
of this order;
(b) the marketing of the 72 bed aged care places to potential residents;
(c) the installation of appropriate fit-out for the complex and for this purpose the Third
Respondent shall be entitled to further encumber the land owned by the Third
Respondent;
(d) the obtaining of appropriate staff for the conduct of the complex;
(e) the lodgement of a policies and procedures manual with the Commonwealth Department
of Health and Ageing;
(f) the lodgement of the necessary applications with the Commonwealth Department of
Health and Ageing so as to obtain accreditation and certification under the Aged Care Act
1997;
(g) the filling of the complex with residents whether or not those residents are unfunded by
the Commonwealth government or funded by the Commonwealth government and in the
case of unfunded residents whether or not the residential places to be offered to potential
residents are obtained by the purchase or lease of bed allocations;
(h) the lodgement of all necessary applications with the Commonwealth Department of
Health and Ageing so as to enable the obtaining of funded bed allocations;
(i) the collection and investment of accommodation bonds from residents in accordance with
the provisions of the Aged Care Act (C’wlth) 1997;
(j) the registration of the lease of the aged care residential complex to Lifestyle Care
Providers Pty Ltd in accordance with the agreement to lease entered into between the
Third Respondent and Lifestyle Care Providers Pty Ltd;
(k) the refinance of the existing indebtedness on the land owned by the Third Respondent for
the purpose of the payment to the investors specified in paragraph 2(a)-(c);
(l) the distribution of the proceeds of the refinance of the land owned by the Third
Respondent in the following manner:-
(ix) firstly, in discharge of any monies due by the Third Respondent to any registered
mortgagee;
(x) secondly, in payment to the investors of the sums specified in paragraph 2(a)-(c);
(xi) thirdly, in repayment to the Sixth Respondent of any monies owing by the Third
Respondent to the Sixth Respondent;
(xii) lastly, the balance of any proceeds of the refinance (if any), to the Third Respondent.
6. In the course of the winding-up of the Hillcrest scheme the Third Respondent shall provide a
monthly report to each investor in the scheme and to the Supervisor on the second Tuesday of
each month reporting on the following matters for the preceding monthly period:-
(a) the extent to which the aged care complex has been completed;
(b) the number of residents for which residency agreements have been completed;
(c) the marketing of the aged care complex undertaken to that date;
(d) the extent to which the fit-out of the aged care complex has been completed;
(e) the progress made in obtaining staff for the conduct of the aged care complex;
(f) the progress made in the lodgement of all necessary applications with the Commonwealth
Department of Ageing so as to facilitate the certification and accreditation of the aged care
complex under the Aged Care Act 1997;
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(g) the progress made in obtaining residents for the aged care complex and whether the residents
obtained are funded or unfunded and to the extent that they are unfunded whether the bed
allocations are obtained by purchase or lease;
(h) the amount of accommodation bonds obtained;
(i) the amount of fees paid by the Third Respondent to the Sixth Respondent for the preceding
monthly period together with a statement of the balance of project management fees still
undrawn;
(j) a list of all receipts and payments made by the Third Respondent in the preceding monthly
period.
7. The Sixth Respondent shall only be entitled to be paid project management fees from the Third
Respondent on a monthly basis for the balance of project management fees remaining undrawn
as at the date of this order in the same proportion as the project being undertaken by the Third
Respondent is constructed in any monthly period.
8. The Third Respondent shall on a four monthly basis from the date of this order, prepare and
provide a report to the investors, ASIC and the Supervisor which shall comprise:-
(a) a Balance Sheet for the scheme;
(b) a statement of any payments made to or by a unitholder in the scheme;
(c) a list of aged creditors for the scheme;
(d) a certificate by the operator of the scheme stating whether in its opinion the scheme is solvent
or insolvent;
(e) a list of any legal proceedings brought by or against the Third Respondent.
9. Pursuant to sec. 601EE (2) of the Corporations Act 2001 Mike McDonald shall forthwith be
appointed as Supervisor to receive the reports referred to herein and to supervise the payment of
project management fees to the Sixth Respondent so as to ensure that the Sixth Respondent is
paid project management fees in accordance with the procedure specified in the Annexure to this
order. The Supervisor shall forthwith respond to ASIC in relation to any enquiry made by ASIC to
the Supervisor in connection with the winding-up of the schemes.
10. The Sixth Respondent shall pay the supervisor’s costs of supervision of the payment of the
project management fees undertaken pursuant to paragraph 9 of this order.
11. The interlocutory application brought by the Applicant, to the extent of any relief sought
against the Third, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Respondents, be dismissed with no order as to
costs.
12. The application to wind-up the Third Respondent brought by the Applicant, be dismissed with
no order as to costs.
13. Otherwise the Originating application brought by the Applicant, to the extent of any relief
sought against the Third, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Respondents, be dismissed with no order
as to costs.
14. The Third, Sixth, Eighth Ninth and Tenth Respondents will not make any payments of project
management fees to the Seventh, Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth Respondents in relation to the
schemes.
15. On reasonable notice, the Third, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Respondents will provide to
ASIC access to and facilities for inspecting any documents of a scheme.
16. The Third, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Respondents shall, as soon as is practicable,
answer any written enquiry by ASIC or an investor in relation to the winding up of the scheme.
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17. Order than any party have liberty to apply on 3 days notice, including, for the avoidance of
doubt, the Applicant in the event of a material change in circumstances being discovered by the
Applicant.
18. Order that the Originating Application otherwise be adjourned to a date to be fixed with costs
reserved.
Signed:
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SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND REGISTRY: Brisbane
NUMBER: BS5969/05
Applicant: AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS
COMMISSION
AND
First Respondent MOUNT WARREN PARK (NOMINEES) PTY
LTD (A.C.N. 102 398 818)
AND
Second Respondent: CARRARA NOMINEES (QLD) PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 103 217 241)
AND
Third Respondent: HILLCREST NOMINEES (QLD) PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 103 217 214)
AND
Fourth Respondent: MORAYFIELD (THE AVENUES) PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 100 748 794)
AND
Fifth Respondent: PARTNERING DYNAMICS PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 068 541 346)
AND
Sixth Respondent: LIFECARE SERVICES AUSTRALIA PTY
LTD (A.C.N. 102 326 081)
AND
Seventh Respondent: QUALITY CARE MANAGEMENT PTY LTD
(A.C.N. 088 962 707)
AND
Eighth Respondent: ROBERT THOMAS ADCOCK
AND
Ninth Respondent: COLIN GRAHAM FRANCIS
AND
Tenth Respondent: DAVID JOSEPH STOYAKOVICH
AND
Eleventh Respondent: BRIAN JAMES MAHER
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AND
Twelfth Respondent MARIE THERESE MAHER
AND
Thirteenth Respondent: PAUL JAMES RODDA
ORDER
Before:
Date:
Initiating Document: Interlocutory Application filed 22 July 2005
Originating Application filed 22 July 2005
1. The Fourth Respondent be appointed to wind up the managed investment scheme conducted
by the Fourth Respondent (‘the Morayfield scheme’) pursuant to sec.601EE of the Corporations
Act 2001.
2. The Fourth Respondent wind-up the Morayfield scheme by completing the Morayfield project
and the winding up of the Morayfield scheme shall be deemed to be completed when each
investor in the Morayfield scheme is paid a sum comprising:-
(a) the principal sum contributed by each investor to the scheme; and
(b) interest on the principal calculated at the rate of 10% per annum on the principal sum
from the date of the contribution of the said sum by the investor until 30 June 2005; and
(c) any stamp duty paid by the investor on account of stamp duty on the Deed of
Extinguishment and Transfers signed by the investor(other than duty that has already
been refunded to the investor).
For the avoidance of doubt, if the winding up is not completed within 12 months of the date of this
order, the Fourth Respondent shall forthwith sell the land and improvements thereon then
comprising the Morayfield project and distribute the proceeds in accordance with paragraph 5(e).
3. For the purpose of this order the Morayfield project means the acquisition, construction,
development and sale of 50 residential lots owned by the Fourth Respondent situated at 73-87
Caboolture River Road, Morayfield.
4. The following provisions of the Corporations Act 2001 shall apply to the winding up of the
Morayfield scheme:-
(a) sec.477(1)(a);
(b) sec.477(2)(a), (b),(c),(d), (e) and (k);
(c) sec. 477 (2A);
(d) sec.477 (2)(m);
as if the reference to a “liquidator” was a reference to the Fourth Respondent and as if the
reference to a “company” in sec.477(1) and sec.477(2) was a reference to the Scheme and as if
the reference to a “creditor” in sec. 477(2A) was a reference to an investor.
5.The Fourth Respondent in completing the Morayfield project shall undertake each of the
following steps in the winding up or steps to like effect as the Fourth Respondent determines may
be necessary in order for it to comply with these orders(except for the payments required by
paragraph 5(e) which the Fourth Respondent must make):-
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(a) the construction of the 50 residences and any action necessary to procure the
reinstatement of construction finance for the project either by McLaughlins Financial
Services or another lender;
(b) the marketing of the 50 residences;
(c) the execution of sale contracts for each of the 50 residences;
(d) the completion of the sale of each of the 50 residences;
(e) the distribution of the proceeds of sale of the 50 residences in the following manner:-
(i) firstly, in discharge of any monies due by the Fourth Respondent to any registered
mortgagee;
(ii) secondly, in payment to the investors of the sums specified in paragraph 2(a)-(c);
(iii) thirdly, in repayment to the Sixth Respondent of any monies owing by the Fourth
Respondent to the Sixth Respondent;
(iv) lastly, the balance of any proceeds of sale (if any), to the Fourth Respondent.
6. In the course of the winding-up of the Morayfield scheme the Fourth Respondent shall provide
a monthly report to each investor in the scheme and to the Supervisor on the second Tuesday of
each month reporting on the following matters for the preceding monthly period:-
(a) the number of residences for which a contract of sale has been signed;
(b) the number of residences for which a contract of sale has been completed;
(c) the extent to which the construction of the 50 residences has been completed;
(d) an expected date for the completion of the Morayfield project;
(e) the amount of fees paid by the Fourth Respondent to the Sixth Respondent for the preceding
monthly period together with a statement of the balance of project management fees still
undrawn;
(f) a list of all receipts and payments made by the Fourth Respondent in the preceding monthly
period.
7. The Sixth Respondent shall only be entitled to be paid project management fees from the
Fourth Respondent on a monthly basis for the balance of project management fees remaining
undrawn as at the date of this order in the same proportion as the project being undertaken by the
Fourth Respondent is constructed in any monthly period.
8. The Fourth Respondent shall on a four monthly basis from the date of this order, prepare and
provide a report to the investors, ASIC and the Supervisor which shall comprise:-
(a) a Balance Sheet for the scheme;
(b) a statement of any payments made to or by a unitholder in the scheme;
(c) a list of aged creditors for the scheme;
(d) a certificate by the operator of the scheme stating whether in its opinion the scheme is solvent
or insolvent;
(e) a list of any legal proceedings brought by or against the Fourth Respondent.
9. Pursuant to sec. 601EE (2) of the Corporations Act 2001 Mike McDonald shall forthwith be
appointed as Supervisor to receive the reports referred to herein and to supervise the payment of
project management fees to the Sixth Respondent so as to ensure that the Sixth Respondent is
paid project management fees in accordance with the procedure specified in the Annexure to this
order. The Supervisor shall forthwith respond to ASIC in relation to any enquiry made by ASIC to
the Supervisor in connection with the winding-up of the schemes.
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10. The Sixth Respondent shall pay the supervisor’s costs of supervision of the payment of the
project management fees undertaken pursuant to paragraph 9 of this order.
11. The interlocutory application brought by the Applicant, to the extent of any relief sought
against the Fourth Respondent, be dismissed with no order as to costs.
12. The application to wind-up the Fourth Respondent brought by the Applicant, be dismissed with
no order as to costs.
13. Otherwise the Originating application brought by the Applicant, to the extent of any relief
sought against the Fourth Respondent, be dismissed with no order as to costs.
14. The Fourth Respondent will not make any payments of project management fees to the
Seventh, Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth Respondents in relation to the Morayfield scheme.
15. On reasonable notice, the Fourth Respondent will provide to ASIC access to and facilities for
inspecting any documents of a scheme.
16. The Fourth Respondent shall, as soon as is practicable, answer any written enquiry by ASIC
or an investor in relation to the winding up of the Morayfield scheme.
Signed:
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Official source: https://www.sclqld.org.au/caselaw/QSC/2005/326