Rule & 1 Ors v Mallon & 3 Ors [2000] NSWSC 346

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Rule & 1 Ors v Mallon & 3 Ors [2000] NSWSC 346 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1793/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 17/04/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 17 April 2000

Marjorie Olive Rule (First Plaintiff) Allan Roy Rule (Second Plaintiff) PARTIES : Susan Gai Mallon (First Defendant) Robert Kirkwood Allan (Second Defendant) Valmai Soler (Third Defendant) Moorings Home Units Pty Limited ACN 000 261 432 (Fourth Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Santow J

COUNSEL : D J Hammerschlag (Plaintiffs) C J Birch, SC (Defendants) Mullane & Lindsay (Plaintiffs) SOLICITORS : Hogan Geikie Poole (First and Second Defendants) Teece Hodgson & Ward (Third Defendant) Blessington Judd (Fourth Defendant) CATCHWORDS : PROPERTY — Surviving spouse — Tenant in common or joint tenant in relation to shares in a home unit company — Effect of Will having regard to s26 of Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) — Construction of articles of association — Transmission articles — Held tenant in common. LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW), s7, s26 Guardianship and Administration Act 1996 (Victoria) CASES CITED : Carmody v Delehunt [1984] 1 NSWLR 667 In re Wool Trading Company Ltd (in liquidation) (1927) 28 SR 106 DECISION : Held tenant in common.

REVISED — 22 May, 2000 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES IN EQUITY

SANTOW J

No. 1793/00 MARJORIE OLIVE RULE First Plaintiff ALLAN ROY RULE Second Plaintiff SUSAN GAI MALLON First Defendant ROBERT KIRKWOOD ALLAN Second Defendant VALMAI SOLER Third Defendant MOORINGS HOME UNITS PTY LIMITED ACN 000 261 432 Fourth Defendant