Brady v Mikan [2022] NSWSC 956

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Brady v Mikan [2022] NSWSC 956 Hearing dates: 16–20 August, 8 September 2021 Decision date: 19 July 2022 Jurisdiction: Equity - Probate List Before: Kunc J Decision: Probate to be granted of 2014 will Catchwords: SUCCESSION — Contested probate — Testamentary capacity — Lack of knowledge and approval — Utility of retrospective diagnosis in absence of having examined testatrix — No issues of principle Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Banks v Goodfellow (1870) LR 5 QB 549 Blendell v Byrne [2019] NSWSC 583 Boughton v Knight (1873) LR 3 P&D 64 Boyce v Bunce [2015] NSWSC 1924 Bridgewater v Leahy (1998) 194 CLR 457; [1998] HCA 66 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336; [1938] HCA 34 Bull v Fulton (1942) 66 CLR 295; [1942] HCA 13 Carr v Homersham (2018) 97 NSWLR 328; [2018] NSWCA 65 Craig v Lamoureux [1920] AC 349 Delaforce v Simpson-Cook (2010) 78 NSWLR 483; [2010] NSWCA 84 Estate of Griffith; Easter v Griffith (1995) 217 ALR 284 Estate of Hodges; Shorter v Hodges (1988) 14 NSWLR 698 Estate Rofe [2021] NSWSC 257 Estate of Voros; Cooney v Cherry [2016] NSWSC 1603 Kerr v Badran [2004] NSWSC 735 King v Hudson [2009] NSWSC 1013 Mekhail v Hana [2019] NSWCA 197 Petrovski v Nasev; Estate of Janakievska [2011] NSWSC 1275 Public Trustee v Stretch [2002] WASC 147 Romascu v Manolache [2011] NSWSC 1362 Trustee for the Salvation Army (NSW) Property Trust v Becker (2007) 14 BPR 26867; [2007] NSWCA 136 Tyrrell v Painton [1894] P 151 Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387; [1988] HCA 7 Watson v Foxman (2000) 49 NSWLR 315 Winter v Crichton; Estate of Galieh (1991) 23 NSWLR 116 Worth v Clasohm (1952) 86 CLR 439; [1952] HCA 67 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Belinda Brady (First Plaintiff/Cross Defendant) Vesna Crnjak (Second Plaintiff/Cross Defendant) Tony Ilijanic (Third Plaintiff/Cross Defendant) John Mikan (Defendant/Cross Claimant) Representation: Counsel: