Papantoniou v Foundouradakis [2023] NSWSC 1374

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Papantoniou v Foundouradakis [2023] NSWSC 1374 Hearing dates: 21, 22 September 2023 Date of orders: 21 November 2023 Decision date: 21 November 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Meek J Decision: Order made for provision (parties to bring in Short Minutes of Order) Catchwords: SUCCESSION — Family provision — Moderate sized estate ($1.6M property less liabilities of $35,000, sale costs and costs) — Estate left to deceased's 3 adult children — Claim by one of 6 grandchildren who had resided with his grandmother (the deceased) for lengthy periods — Various issues raised including the extent of the plaintiff's contributions and his financial circumstances in particular his income and expenses — Plaintiff claims provision for accommodation and fund for contingencies but without any evidence bearing upon these matters — Claims for provision outlined in submissions rejected in light of absence of evidence — Provision for advancement in life and contingencies given SUCCESSION — Family provision — Factors warranting SUCCESSION — Family provision — Contingencies — Discussion regarding nature of orders for provision and contingencies SUCCESSION — Family provision — Form of provision — Cross-examination demonstrated plaintiff engaged in online gambling activities — Provision ordered in the form of funds to be held on trust Legislation Cited: Family Protection Act 1908, (No 60 of 1908) (NZ) Succession Act 2006 (NSW) Testator's Family Maintenance Act 1900, 64 Vict, c 20 Testator's Family Maintenance and Guardianship of Infants Act 1916 (NSW) Cases Cited: Allardice v Allardice [1911] AC 730 Aroney v Aroney (Supreme Court (NSW), 26 July 1988, BC8801702, unrep) Barnaby v Berry [2001] NSWCA 454 Bosch v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd [1938] AC 463 Chan v Chan [2016] NSWCA 222; (2016) 15 ASTLR 317 Collings v Vakas [2006] NSWSC 393 Collins v McGain [2003] NSWCA 190 Colosi v Colosi [2013] NSWSC 1892 Cringle v Cringle [2018] NSWSC 1558 Dodds v Dodds [2013] NSWSC 1933 Dunne v Dunne [2013] NSWSC 1911 Elliott v Elliott (Court of Appeal (NSW), Kirby P, Glass and McHugh JJA, 24 April 1986, BC8601072, unrep) Elliott v Elliott (Supreme Court (NSW), Powell J, 18 May 1984, unrep) Estate of Leahy (Dec'd); Earl v Moses [1975] 1 NSWLR 246 Evans v Levy [2011] NSWCA 125 Field v Inglis (Supreme Court (NSW), Young J, 8 February 1994, BC9402261, unrep) Foundouradakis v Papantoniou [2023] NSWSC 662 Fricano v Lagana [2009] NSWSC 840 Hampson v Hampson [2010] NSWCA 359 In re Allardice; Allardice v Allardice (1910) 29 NZLR 959 Jodell v Woods [2017] NSWSC 143 Kusumo v Kusumo [2014] NSWSC 1704 Le v Angius [2022] NSWSC 240 Mallitt v Gow [2022] NSWSC 1012 Maria Oliveira by her tutor Ivo De Oliveira v John Antonio Oliveira [2023] NSWSC 1130 Mayfield v Lloyd-Williams [2004] NSWSC 419 Page v Page [2017] NSWCA 141; (2017) 16 ASTLR 331 Permanent Trustee Co Ltd v Fraser (1995) 36 NSWLR 24 Porthouse v Bridge [2007] NSWSC 686 Public Trustee v Bellotti (1986) 4 BPR 9196 Radzyminski v Radzyminski [2008] NSWSC 239 Re Buckland, deceased [1966] VR 404 Re Fulop deceased (1987) 8 NSWLR 679 Robertson v McCann [2023] NSWSC 159 Sammut v Kleemann [2012] NSWSC 1030 Sgro v Thompson [2017] NSWCA 326 Shymko v Lach [2022] NSWSC 1096 Singer v Berghouse [1992] NSWCA 230 Singer v Berghouse (1994) 181 CLR 201; [1994] HCA 40 Smilek v Public Trustee [2008] NSWCA 190 Tarbes v Taleb [2023] NSWSC 565 Taylor v Farrugia [2009] NSWSC 801 Terunnanse v Terunnanse [1968] AC 1086 Underwood v Gaudron [2015] NSWCA 269; (2015) 324 ALR 641 Wilkinson v Wilkinson (1904) 24 NZLR 156 Texts Cited: Bible - New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised de Groot, John and Bruce Nickel, Family Provision in Australia (6th ed, 2021, LexisNexis) Dickey, Anthony, Family Provision After Death (1992, The Law Book Company Ltd) Macquarie Dictionary, online ed Wright QC, RJ Davern, Testator's Family Maintenance in Australia and New Zealand (3rd ed, 1974, The Law Book Company Ltd) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Bill Papantoniou (Plaintiff) Tass Foundouradakis (First Defendant) John Foundouradakis (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: D Reid (Plaintiff) H Morrison (Defendants)