NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 50 NSWLR 739
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Estate D M Edwards: Treacey v Edwards [2000] NSWSC 846 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Probate FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 103776/97 HEARING DATE(S) : 18 August 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 August 2000
Scott John Treacey (P) PARTIES : Philip John Ritchie (P) Sonia Champion De Crespigny (P) Gwendoline Ada Edwards (D) JUDGMENT OF : Austin J
COUNSEL : A Enright (P) No appearance for defendant SOLICITORS : Jenny Bull & Company (P) No appearance for defendant CATCHWORDS : WILLS - later will revokes former will and disposes of estate in accordance with audio tape - whether dependent relative revocation - whether audio tape, though unwritten, is a 'document' so that court may exercise its dispensing power under s 18A - whether formally valid will can incorporate audio tape by reference LEGISLATION CITED : Wills, Probate and Administration Act 1898 (NSW) ss 7, 18A Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) ss 8, 21 Estate of Niven (1921) 21 SR (NSW) 702 Estate of Southerden [1925] P 177 In the Will of Beveridge (1935) 6 SR (NSW) 125 CASES CITED : Re Graham (1970) 20 SASR 198 Re Jones [1976] 1 All ER 593 Re Lindrea [1953] VLR 168 Re Masters; Hill v Plumber (1994) 33 NSWLR 446 DECISION : Probate of later will, in common form, granted to plaintiffs, and audio tape admitted to probate under s 18A.
THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION
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