SAYER v SAYER; GARBUTT v SAYER [1999] NSWCA 340

New South Wales Court of Appeal CITATION : SAYER v SAYER; GARBUTT v SAYER [1999] NSWCA 340 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40499/98; 40503/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 30 July 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 23 September 1999

CA 40499/98 Anne Louise Sayer - Appellant PARTIES : Francesca Jane Sayer - Respondent CA 40503/98 Jane Margaret Garbutt - Appellant Anne Louise Sayer - Respondent JUDGMENT OF : Sheller JA at 1; Hodgson CJinEq at 39; Davies AJA at 99

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Equity Division LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S) : 3141/97 3637/97 LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER : Bryson J

CA 40499/98 P Hallen SC - Appellant COUNSEL : D B McGovern/ P D Rodionoff - Respondent CA 40503/98 D K Jordan - Appellant P Hallen SC - Respondent CA 40499/98 B Bilinsky & Co - Appellant SOLICITORS : Duncan MacLean - Respondent CA 40503/98 Lamond Howard & Associates - Appellant B Bilinsky & Co - Respondent CATCHWORDS : WILLS - application for provision out of estate - where insufficient funds available in estate to meet legacies - circumstances under which such application to be granted where order for provision would necessitate sale of matrimonial home - provision for dependant wife paramount Family Provision Act 1982 ACTS CITED : New Zealand Family Protection Act 1908 Testators Family Maintenance & Guardianship of Infants Act 1916 Bosch v Perpetual Trustee Company Limited [1938] AC 463 Eggler v Mitchelmore, NSW Court of Appeal, 11 November 1992, unreported Golosky v Golosky, NSW Court of Appeal, 5 December 1994, unreported Green v Green, Hodgson J, 16 July 1985 and 11 September 1985 unreported; Hoadley v Hoadley, Young J, 17 December 1987, unreported CASES CITED: In Re Allardice, Allardice v Allardice [1910] 29 NZLR 959 King v Foster (unreported) Court of Appeal, 7 December 1995 Luciano v Rosenblum (1985) 2 NSWLR 65 Permanent Trustee v Fraser (1995) 36 NSWLR 24 Singer v Berghouse (1994) 184 CLR 201 Southgate v Waterford (1990) 21 NSWLR 427 DECISION : CA 40499/98; 1. Appeal allowed; 2. Set aside the orders made by Bryson J other than the orders that the plaintiff's costs of the proceedings be paid by the defendant out of the estate of the testator and that the defendant's costs of the proceedings be paid or retained out of the estate of the testator; 3. In lieu of the orders set aside in order 2, order that the application be dismissed; 4. The respondent to pay the costs of this appeal but to have a certificate under the Suitors Fund Act 1951; CA 40503/98; Appeal dismissed with costs