Marshall v. Carruthers; Marshall v. Marshall [2002] NSWCA 47

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : Marshall v. Carruthers; Marshall v. Marshall [2002] NSWCA 47 FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40670/01; 40671/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 22 February 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 February 2002

Margaret Lesley Marshall - appellant PARTIES : Linda Hope Carruthers - respondent (40670/01) Kim Neil Marshall - respondent (40671/01) JUDGMENT OF : Hodgson JA at 1; Young CJ in Eq at 71; Palmer J at 78

LOWER COURT JURISDICTION : Supreme Court - Equity Division LOWER COURT ED5141/00 FILE NUMBER(S) : ED2839/01 LOWER COURT Master Macready JUDICIAL OFFICER :

Mr. C. Bevan for appellant COUNSEL : Mr. L. Ellison for Ms. Carruthers Submitting appearance by Mr. Kim Marshall SOLICITORS : Turner Freeman, Sydney for appellant Teece Hodgson & Ward, Sydney for respondent CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION - Family provision and maintenance - Whether provision by testator inadequate - Necessity to determine what if any provision made - Provision by testator for person with legitimate claim - Relevance of this to what is "inadequate" and what is "proper" in relation to another person with a legitimate claim - Relevance of marriage and care of children to strength of surviving partner's claim. D. LEGISLATION CITED : Family Provision Act s.9(2) Voges v. Monaghan (1954) 94 CLR 231 CASES CITED: In Re Snowden [1979] Ch. 528 Brown v. Pourau [1995] 1 NZLR 352 Luciano v Rosenblum [1985] 2 NSWLR 65 at 69 DECISION : In both cases, appeal allowed and summons dismissed.