NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : SHORTEN v SHORTEN (No 2) [2003] NSWCA 60 HEARING DATE(S) : 5 March 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 9 April 2003
JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Meagher JA at 29; Sheller JA at 30 DECISION : Supplementary reasons for earlier dismissal of appeal with costs.
CATCHWORDS : Wills, probate and administration - contested probate proceedings - costs - testator suffered stroke - whether party unsuccessfully opposing probate should have costs out of estate. (D) Clarke v Clarke (1901) 1 SR(NSW) B & P 25 Davies v Gregory (1873) LR 3 P&D 28 Johnston v Public Trustee (1929) 24 Tas LR 71 Middlebrook v Middlebrook (1962) 36 ALJR 216 CASES CITED : Ohn v Walton (1995) 36 NSWLR 77 at 79 Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd v Baker [1999] NSWCA 244 Re Estate of Hodges (decd); Shorter v Hodges (1988) 14 NSWLR 698 Re Cutcliffe's Estate [1959] P 6 Shorten v Shorten [2001] NSWSC 363 Shorten v Shorten [2002] NSWCA 73 PARTIES : NOEL WILLIAM SHORTEN v STANLEY ALEXANDER SHORTEN (NO 2) FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40308/01 COUNSEL : Appellant: J R Wilson Respondent: M A Bradford SOLICITORS : Appellant: Harris Wheeler Respondent: Duncan MacLean
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES COURT OF APPEAL CA 40308/01
MASON P MEAGHER JA SHELLER JA
Wednesday 9 April 2003
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