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New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Michele Firriolo v Bruno Firriolo & Anor [2000] NSWSC 1039 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 4055 of 1998 HEARING DATE(S) : 6 November 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 9 November 2000
Michele Firriolo (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Bruno Firriolo (First Defendant) Marina Casula (Second Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Bergin J
A Todd (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : J Wilson (Protective Commissioner) A.L. Hill (Trustee) Carbone Anderson (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : EH Tebbutt & Sons (Protective Commissioner) MacKellar Crain & Barnett (Trustee) CATCHWORDS : WILLS, PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION - Construction and effect of testamentary dispositions - Whether Will conferred a life estate or a mere right of residence alleged to have been abandoned - Intention of testator - The effect of the use of the words "life estate". Re Bailey; Barrett v Hyder [1951] Ch 407 Re Cook (deceased); Beck v Grant [1948] 1 Ch 212 Gorringe v Mahlstedt & Ors [1907] AC 225 Re Keenan; Ford v Keenan (1914) 30 WN (NSW) 214 CASES CITED : Lutheran Church of Australia South Australia District Incorporated v Farmers' Cooperative Executors and Trustees Ltd & Ors (1970) 121 CLR 628 Perrin & Ors v Morgan & Ors [1943] AC 399 Re Potter (deceased) (1970) VR 352 Scale v Rawlinds [1892] AC 342 Re Smalley; Smalley v Scotton [1929] 2 Ch 112 DECISION : Life estate conferred.
THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION
BERGIN J
DATE: 9 NOVEMBER 2000
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