Application of Connelly; The Estate of Nancy Allwood Connelly [2023] NSWSC 467

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Application of Connelly; The Estate of Nancy Allwood Connelly [2023] NSWSC 467 Hearing dates: 11 April 2023 Date of orders: 4 May 2023 Decision date: 04 May 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Hallen J Decision: The Court orders that: (a) The notice of motion filed on 21 February 2023 be dismissed. (b) There be no order as to the Applicants' costs of the notice of motion, to the intent that they are to personally bear their own costs of the notice of motion and not recover any costs thereof from the estate of the deceased. (c) The original grant of Probate be returned to the Applicants' solicitors by arrangement with the Senior Deputy Registrar in Probate. Catchwords: PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION – Application to amend Probate parchment to exclude the address of one of the executors to whom Probate was granted Legislation Cited: Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 (NSW) Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) ss 3, 7, 8a Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW) s 19 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) ss 91, 92(2), 178 Probate and Administration Act 1898 (NSW) s 33 Succession Act 2006 (NSW) Ch 3 Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW) r 78.9 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 29.7 Cases Cited: A Lawyer (a pseudonym) v Director of Public Prosecutions NSW; Nationwide News Pty Limited v A Lawyer (a pseudonym) [2020] NSWSC 1713 AB (A Pseudonym) v R (No 3) (2019) 97 NSWLR 1046; [2019] NSWCCA 46 AB v CD (2019) 93 ALJR 321; [2019] HCA 6 Brown (A Pseudonym) v R (No 2) [2019] NSWCCA 69 Commissioner of Corrective Services v Liristis (2018) 98 NSWLR 113; [2018] NSWCA 143 Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v EFA (a pseudonym) (2021) 106 NSWLR 383; [2021] NSWCA 339 D1 v P1 [2012] NSWCA 314 Estate Grundy; La Valette v Chambers-Grundy [2018] NSWSC 104 Estate of Philip Mack (deceased) [2022] NSWSC 1629 Grassby v The Queen (1989) 168 CLR 1; [1989] HCA 45 HT v The Queen (2019) 269 CLR 403; [2019] HCA 40 John Fairfax & Sons Ltd v Police Tribunal of NSW (1986) 5 NSWLR 465 Nationwide News Pty Ltd v JS and SD [2022] NSWSC 774 O'Dell (a pseudonym) v R [2023] NSWCCA 46 R v AB (No 1) (2018) 97 NSWLR 1015; [2018] NSWCCA 113 Re Estate of Crane (2005) 93 SASR 198 Richard Warren James Connelly v R [2012] NSWCCA 144 Rinehart v Welker (2011) 93 NSWLR 311; [2011] NSWCA 403 Texts Cited: I H Jacob, "The Inherent Jurisdiction of the Court" (1970) 23(1) Current Legal Problems 23 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Maxwell Gordon Connelly (first Plaintiff/Applicant) Graham John Connelly (second Plaintiff/Applicant) Representation: Counsel: M J Heath (Applicants)