Estate Tornya, Deceased [2020] NSWSC 1230

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Estate Tornya, Deceased [2020] NSWSC 1230 Hearing dates: 11 August 2020 Decision date: 10 September 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Lindsay J Decision: Orders to be made for preliminary discovery. Catchwords: PROCEDURE – Parties – Commencement of proceedings by beneficiary of deceased estate without a grant of probate or administration – Proceedings a nullity – Availability of remedial orders in case management of proceedings. PROCEDURE – Parties – Claim on behalf of a deceased estate – Proper plaintiff is legal personal representative with grant of probate or administration – Availability of representative proceedings brought by beneficiary, with joinder of legal personal representative as a defendant. AGENCY – Enduring power of attorney – Donee possessed of actual authority to benefit self – Whether donee accountable, as a fiduciary, to donor for self dealing transactions – Conveyancing Act 1919 NSW, Part 16 Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 NSW Conveyancing (Powers of Attorney) Amendment Act 1983 NSW Conveyancing Act 1919 NSW Powers of Attorney Act 2003 NSW Powers of Attorney Regulation 2016 NSW Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 NSW Cases Cited: Alexander v Perpetual Trustees WA Ltd (2004) 216 CLR 109 Angelina Spina v Permanent Custodians Ltd [2008 NSWSC 561; 13 BPR 25,46, 463 Barlow Clowes International Ltd (In liq) v Eurotrust International Ltd [2006] 1 WLR 1476 Barnes v Addy (1874) LR 9 Ch App 244 Byers v Overton Investments Pty Ltd (2000) 106 FCR 268 Byers v Overton Investments Pty Ltd (2001) 109 FCR 554 C v W (No. 2) [2016] NSWSC 945 Canadian Aero Service Ltd v O'Malley (1973) 40 DLR (3d) 371 Carolyn Deigan as Executrix for the Estate of the Late James Boyd Lockrey v Barnard James Fussell [2019] NSWCA 299 Chahwan v Euphoric Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 805; 73 ACSR 252 Chan v Zacharia (1984) 154 CLR 178 Clay v Clay (2001) 202 CLR 410 Clegg v Edmondson (1857) 8 de GM & G Cohen v Cohen [2016] NSWSC 336 at [69]); Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd v Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447 Commissioner of Stamp Duties (Qld) v Livingston [1965] AC 694 Crossingham v Crossingham [2012] NSWSC 95 Darrington v Caldbeck (1990) 20 NSWLR 212 Davison v Vickery's Motors Ltd (in liq) (1925) 37 CLR 1 Dibbins v Dibbins [1896] 2 Ch 348 Downie v Langham [2017] NSWSC 113 Drew v Nunn (1879) 4 QBD 661 Estates Brooker-Pain and Soulos [2019] NSWSC 671 GEL Custodians Pty Ltd v The Estate of the Late Geoffrey Francis Wells [2013] NSWSC 973 Gertsch v Roberts (1993) 35 NSWLR 631 Ghosn v Principle Focus Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2008] VSC 574 Hewitt v Gardiner (2009) NSWSC 705; 3 ASTLR 407 Hospital Products Ltd v United States Surgical Corporation (1984) 156 CLR 41 Hughes BHT NSW Trustee and Guardian v Hughes [2011] NSWSC 729 Johnson v Buttress (1936) 56 CLR 113 Kelly v CA & L Bell Commodities Corporation Pty Limited (1989) 18 NSWLR 248 Lamru Pty Ltd v Kation Pty Ltd (1998) 44 NSWLR 432 Marshall v DG Sundin & Co. Pty Ltd (1989) 16 NSWLR 463 McFarland v Gertes (2018) 98 NSWLR 954 McFee v Riley [2018] NSWCA 322 Morton v Nylex Ltd [2007] NSWSC 562 O'Connor v O'Connor [2018] NSWCA 214 Perochinsky v Kirschner [2013] NSWSC 400; 16 BPR 31,481 Peso Silver Mines Ltd (NPL) v Cropper (1966) 58 DLR (2d) 1 Peter Vitek and Anor v Estate Holmes Pty Ltd and Ors [2013] NSWSC 1764 Peter Vitek v Estate Homes Pty Ltd [2013] NSWSC 1867 Phipps v Boardman [1967] 2 AC 46 Protective Commissioner v D (2004) 60 NSWLR 513 Ramage v Waclaw (1988) 12 NSWLR 84 Re R [2000] NSWSC 886 Reckitt v Barnett Pembroke and Slater Ltd [1928] 2 KB 244 Regal (Hastings) Ltd v Gulliver [1962] 2 AC 134 (N) Scallan v Scallan [2001] NSWSC 1129 Smith v Cock (1911) 12 CLR 30 Smith v Smith [2017] NSWSC 408 Spina v Conran Associates Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 326; 13 BPR 25, 435 Spina v Permanent Custodians Ltd [2008] NSWSC 561; 13 BPR 25,463 Sweeney v Howard [2007] NSWSC 852; 13 BPR 24,381 Taheri v Vitek (2014) 87 NSWLR 403 The Countess of Bective v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1932) 47 CLR 417 Thorne v Kennedy (2017) 263 CLR 85 Tjen v Bilic [2017] NSWSC 364. Tobin v Broadbent (1947) 75 CLR 378 Vatcher v Paull [1915] AC 372 W v H [2014] NSWSC 1696 Warman International Ltd v Dwyer (1995) 182 CLR 544 Woodward v Woodward [2015] NSWSC 1793 Texts Cited: Jacobs Law of Trusts in Australia (8th ed, Lexis Nexis Butterworths, Australia, 2016 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff: Simon Tornya First Defendant: Susan Tornya Second Defendant: Tamara Jayne Goodwin in her capacity as administrator of the estate of the late Peter Thomas Tornya Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: S Chapple First Defendant: L Ellison SC Second Defendant: Submitting appearance