Gardner v Selby [2022] NSWSC 298

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Gardner v Selby [2022] NSWSC 298 Hearing dates: 17 February 2022 Date of orders: 22 March 2022 Decision date: 22 March 2022 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Hallen J Decision: The Court orders: (1) The Defendants' notice of motion filed 19 August 2021 seeking summary dismissal is dismissed. (2) The costs of the notice of motion be the Plaintiff's costs in the cause. (3) The proceedings be stood over for directions in the Succession List on Friday, 1 April 2022. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - Summary dismissal - Principles applicable - Question whether the Supreme Court of NSW has jurisdiction to make a family provision order where, at the time of death, the deceased was domiciled outside New South Wales, but where there was, and is, property situated within New South Wales that may be the subject of a notional estate order - Whether appropriate for summary dismissal where question of construction of statute, the Succession Act 2006 (NSW) may be considered Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56-60, 66(1), 100 Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (NSW) Succession Act 2006 (NSW), Ch 3, ss 2, 33, 48(1)(b), 57(1)(d)(e)(f), 63(1), 63(5) and 64 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 13.1, 13.4 Cases Cited: Alesco Corporation Limited v Te Maari [2015] NSWSC 469 Attorney General in and for the State of New South Wales v Markisic [2012] NSWSC 433 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v PRK Corporation Limited [2008] FCA 403 Barns v Barns (2003) 214 CLR 169; [2003] HCA 9 Batistatos v Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales (2006) 226 CLR 256; [2006] HCA 27 Bodikian v Sproule (2009) 72 ACSR 598; [2009] NSWSC 599 Brindley v Wade [2019] NSWSC 303 City of Sydney Council v Satara [2007] NSWCA 148 Comninos v Buckley; The Estate of Comninos [2019] NSWSC 968 Duraisamy v Sydney Trains [2019] NSWCA 269 Estate Grundy; La Valette v Chambers-Grundy (2018) 17 ASTLR 64; [2018] NSWSC 104 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125; [1964] HCA 69 Golovanov v McGrath Property Management Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 177 Hitchcock v Pratt (2010) 79 NSWLR 687; [2010] NSWSC 1508 Holmes v Permanent Trustee Co of New South Wales Ltd (1932) 47 CLR 113; [1932] HCA 1 Hubbuck & Sons Ltd v Wilkinson, Heywood & Clark Ltd [1899] 1 QB 86 In re Rules of the Supreme Court 1971 (WA); ex parte Nikoloff [2019] WASC 263 In the matter of Skypac Aviation Pty Ltd (in liquidation) [2019] NSWSC 291 Jefferson Ford Pty Ltd v Ford Motor Company of Australia Ltd (2008) 167 FCR 372; [2008] FCAFC 60 Morgan v Union Shipping (NZ) Ltd [2001] NSWSC 325 NRMA Insurance Ltd v AW Edwards Pty Ltd (1995) 11 BCL 200 Perera v Genworth Financial Mortgage Insurance Pty Ltd (2017) 94 NSWLR 83; [2017] NSWCA 19 Pethybridge v Gillard & Anor [2022] NSWSC 10 Preston v Star City Pty Ltd [1999] NSWSC 1273 Rafailidis v Camden Council [2021] NSWSC 1087 Re Berchtold; Berchtold v Capron [1923] 1 Ch 192 Re Crook (1936) 36 SR (NSW) 186 Re Mr P G Cockram; Ex parte Tey [2013] WASCA 104 Re Paulin [1950] VLR 462 Re Rules of the Supreme Court 1971 (WA); Ex parte Gates [2018] WASC 213 Ridgeway v The Queen (1995) 184 CLR 19; [1995] HCA 66 Ridgley v Oliver [2019] NSWSC 329 Shaw v State of New South Wales [2012] NSWCA 102 Spencer v Commonwealth of Australia (2010) 241 CLR 118; [2010] HCA 28 The Sydney Cosmetic Specialist Clinic Pty Ltd v Hu [2022] NSWCA 1 Three Rivers District Council v Governor and Company of the Bank of England (No 3) [2003] 2 AC 1; [2001] UKHL 16 Wickstead v Browne (1992) 30 NSWLR 1; [1992] NSWCA 272 Worladge v Doddridge (1957) 97 CLR 1; [1957] HCA 45 Xiang Bht Cao v Tong [2021] NSWSC 44 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Caitlin Isabelle Gardner (Plaintiff/Respondent) Joy Lorraine Selby (first Defendant/Applicant) Ronald Gordon Selby (second Defendant/Applicant) Representation: Counsel: Dr S Chapple (Defendants/Applicants) Ms R Bianchi (Respondent/Plaintiff)