Everts v Liepins [2022] NSWSC 1021

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Everts v Liepins [2022] NSWSC 1021 Hearing dates: 14 July 2022 Date of orders: 14 July 2022 Decision date: 29 July 2022 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Hallen J Decision: See [79] Catchwords: SUCCESSION – PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – succession – Filing and verification of estate accounts Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) ss 56-60 Legal Profession Act 2014 (NSW) Probate and Administration Act 1898 (NSW) s 85 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) s 53(3)(a) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 rr 18.7, 54.1, 54.3 Cases Cited: Allesch v Maunz (2000) 203 CLR 172; [2000] HCA 40 Council of the Law Society of New South Wales v Liepins (No 3) [2016] NSWCATOD 51 Gertsch v Roberts; The Estate of Gertsch (1993) 35 NSWLR 631 Hans Pet Constructions Pty Limited v Cassar [2009] NSWCA 230 Hons v Hons (2010) 3 ASTLR 278; [2010] NSWSC 247 Jordan v Goldspring No 2 [2022] NSWSC 780 Kemp v Burn (1863) 66 ER 740 Lezaja v Hannover Life Re of Australasia Ltd (No 2) [2016] NSWSC 167 McLean v Burns Philp Trustee Co Pty Ltd (1985) 2 NSWLR 623; (1985) 9 ACLR 926 Nobarani v Mariconte (2018) 265 CLR 236; [2018] HCA 36 NSW Trustee and Guardian as Executor of the Will of Michael Robert Walsh (Dec'd) v Gregory (2012) 18 BPR 35,153; [2012] NSWSC 681 Palmer v Ayres; Ferguson v Ayres (2017) 259 CLR 478; [2017] HCA 5 Phillip Allan Yates v John Norman Phillips Halliday [2006] NSWSC 1346 Re Craig (1952) 52 SR (NSW) 265 Re Estate Schwartz, Deceased; Application of Gellert; Gellert v Bentwood and Schwartz [2015] NSWSC 1484 Re Watson (1904) 49 Sol Jo 54 Satz v ACN 069 808 957 Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 365 Schmidt v Rosewood Trust Ltd [2003] 2 AC 709; [2003] UKPC 26 Stamoulos v Constantinidis; Constantinidis v Constantinidis [2017] NSWSC 1808 Taylor v Taylor (1979) 143 CLR 1; [1979] HCA 38 The Estate of Frances Kedesch Michell [2020] NSWSC 1300 The Estate of Maureen Laila Huber, of Cobram VIC; The Estate of Dolf Paul Huber [2020] NSWSC 1539 UBS AG v Tyne (as trustee of the Argot Trust) (2018) 265 CLR 77; [2018] HCA 45 Williams v Stephens (1986) 17 BPR 33,839 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Bernt Everts (Applicant) Juris Liepins (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr T Maltz (Applicant)