NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Carney v Neilson [2000] NSWSC 777 revised - 7/08/2000 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division Probate List FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 104590 of 1999 HEARING DATE(S) : 27 July 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 27 July 2000
PARTIES : Frances Clare Carney (Plaintiff) Geoffrey William Neilsen (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Windeyer J at 1
COUNSEL : J Millar (Plaintiff) J Robinson (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Messenger & Messenger (Plaintiff) Wilsons (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION - WILLS - s18A Wills Probate and Administration Act 1898 LEGISLATION CITED : Wills Probate and Administration Act 1898 s18A DECISION : See paragraphs 18-23
1 THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION PROBATE LIST
WINDEYER J
THURSDAY 27 JULY 2000
104590/99 FRANCES CLARE CARNEY v GEOFFREY WILLIAM NEILSEN (THE ESTATE OF EDWARD PETER NEILSEN)
JUDGMENT
1 HIS HONOUR: In this matter the plaintiff, Frances Clare Carney, seeks a declaration under s18A of the Wills Probate and Administration Act 1898 that the document which is Exhibit A in the proceedings is a document embodying the testamentary intentions of her uncle, Edward Peter Neilsen, who died some time between 28 August 1998 and 8 September 1998 and was intended by him to be his will.
2 The document is in the following form: This is the last will and testament of me Edward Peter Neilsen of Claredale Turill of New South Wales.
1. I revoke my former wills.
2. I appoint.
3. I devise and give the whole of my real estate and personal property unto my trustee neice [sic] Frances Carney.
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate