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New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : Polyak Estate; Amy v Permanent Trustee [1999] NSWSC 862 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : 108637/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 17 and 18 August 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 August 1999
PARTIES : Estate of Stephen Kazimir Polyak; Francis Martin Amy (P) Permanent Trustee Company Limited (D) JUDGMENT OF : Austin J
COUNSEL : P O'Loughlin and A Pearman (P) P Blackburn-Hart (D) SOLICITORS : McFadden & Co (P) Bartier Perry (D) CATCHWORDS : Wills - probate - whether unexecuted document should be admitted to probate - whether document 'constituted a will' - Court satisfied that the deceased intended the document to constitute his will - relevant factors ACTS CITED : Wills Probate & Administration Act 1898 (NSW) s 18A Re Estate of Masters; Hill v Plummer (1994) 33 NSWLR 446 Re Application of Brown; Estate of Springfield (1991) 23 NSWLR 535 Cloon v Allingham (14 December 1990, Needham J) CASES CITED : Re Kenkalo (23 October 1991, Powell J) Pahlow-Silady v Siladi (21 November 1994, Santow J; on appeal 22 April 1997, Gleeson CJ, Mason P and Powell JA) Re Perram (4 April 1995, Santow J) Re Stewart (12 April 1996, Cohen J) Laurence v Gorman (17 November 1995, Simos J) DECISION : Judgment for plaintiff
THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION
AUSTIN J
WEDNESDAY 18 AUGUST 1999
108637/98 - FRANCIS MARTIN AMY v PERMANENT TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED THE ESTATE OF STEPHEN KAZIMIR POLYAK
JUDGMENT (ex tempore; revised on 23 August 1999)
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