McCullum v Permanent Trustee Lowe v Permanent Trustee Company Ltd [1999] NSWSC 1219

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : McCullum v Permanent Trustee Lowe v Permanent Trustee Company Ltd [1999] NSWSC 1219 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : 4973/98; 2042/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 29/11/99 JUDGMENT DATE : 29 November 1999

PARTIES : Ronald John McCullum v Permanent Trustee Company Ltd Deborah Ruth Lowe v Permanent Trustee Company Ltd. JUDGMENT OF : Master Macready at 1

Ms A. Sullivan for plaintiff McCullum COUNSEL : Mr P. Hallen SC for plaintiff Lowe Mr D. Ronzani for defendant John Fallins Solicitors for McCullum SOLICITORS : Henshaws Solicitors for Lowe Church & Grace for the defendant CATCHWORDS : Family Provision. Application by a grandaughter and a son. Consideratrion of dependency and factors under s9(1). Correct approach when considering conflicting decision of Court of Appeal. Son left with a provision by way of discretionary trust. Held not an adequate provision. Orders made in favour of both plaintiffs. Ball v Newey (1988) 13 NSWLR 489 Benny v Jones (1991) 23 NSWLR 559 Petroholis v Hunter (1991) 25 NSWLR 343 McKenzie v Baddeley Court of Appeal 3/12/91 Williams v Legge Court of Apepal 16/3/93 CASES CITED : Re Fulop deceased (1987) 8 NSWLR 679 Churton v Christian (1988) 13 NSWLR 241 Brown v Faggoter Court of Appeal 13/11/98 Singer v Berghouse (1994) 181 CLR 201 Shearer v Public Trustee Young J 23/3/98 Anasson v Phillips Young J 4/3/88 Gregory v Hudson No 2 Young J Sept 1997 DECISION : Paragraphs 55-58