Jordan v Goldspring (No 3) [2024] NSWSC 11

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Jordan v Goldspring (No 3) [2024] NSWSC 11 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 29 January 2024 Decision date: 29 January 2024 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Henry J Decision: See [102] Catchwords: CONTEMPT — Civil contempt — orders to be made following findings of breach of orders and civil contempt in relation to accounts — where executors filed and served accounts purportedly in response to orders — findings of breach and civil contempt in limited respects — where no punishment or monetary penalty sought — application for revocation of grant of probate based on contempt findings — where procedural issues raised — whether executors' conduct required revocation of grant — grant of probate not revoked — orders made to remedy defaults COSTS — whether costs should be awarded on indemnity basis — where applicants sought no punishment of contemnors — where applicants had mixed success — indemnity costs awarded subject to allowance for mixed outcome Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 14, 98 Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW) Pt 55, Div 3, rr 6, 13; Pt 78, r 48 Trustee Act 1925 (NSW), s 63 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 42.1, 42.10, 42.25 Cases Cited: Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Sigalla (No 4) (2011) 80 NSWLR 113; [2011] NSWSC 62 Baird v Logan; Middleton Estate [2008] NSWSC 1029 Bates v Messner; Estate of Hardy [1967] 1 NSWR 638 Blacktown City Council v Nitopi [2019] NSWLEC 40 Canterbury City Council v Mihalopoulos (No 3) [2012] NSWLEC 72 Ford v Princehorn; Estate of Ford [2012] NSWSC 1165 Gibson v Buchanan [2004] NSWSC 957 Gorman v McGuire [2002] NSWSC 1089 In Re Beddoe; Downes v Cottam [1893] 1 Ch 547 Ivanna Ann-Marie Ferenc Stojic v Simon Stojic [2017] NSWSC 1235 Jewish National Fund of Australia Ltd v Bar-Mordecai [2020] NSWSC 384 Jordan v Goldspring (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 780 Khoury v Kirwan (No 6) [2021] VSC 682 Macedonian Orthodox Community Church St Petka Inc v His Eminence Petar (2008) 237 CLR 66; [2008] HCA 42 Mahaffy v Mahaffy [2018] NSWCA 42 Mavrideros v Mack (1998) 45 NSWLR 80; [1998] NSWCA 286 McIntyre v Perkes (1988) 15 NSWLR 417 Miller v Cameron (1936) 54 CLR 572; [1936] HCA 13 NHB Enterprises Pty Ltd v Corry (No 8) [2022] NSWSC 97 Nowacki v Estate of Szymanski (Supreme Court (NSW), Probate Division, Windeyer J, 5 May 1995) Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72; [1998] HCA 11 Page v Rankine [2020] NSWSC 902 Profilio v Profilio [1999] NSWSC 657 Stubberfield v Brown [2010] NSWSC 536 Texts Cited: G E Dal Pont, Law of Costs (2018, 4th ed, LexisNexis Australia) Leslie G Handler and Richard Neal, Mason and Handler Succession Law and Practice New South Wales (LexisNexis Butterworths) Category: Consequential orders Parties: Katherine Mary Jordan (First Applicant/Plaintiff) Rhonda Fay Thomas (Second Applicant/Plaintiff) Lynette June Goldspring (Third Applicant/Plaintiff)