White v Arizon Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 1051

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : White v Arizon Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 1051 HEARING DATE(S) : 6/11/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 6 November 2003 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq DECISION : Judgment for the cross-claimant. Plaintiff's summons dismissed. Plaintiff to pay costs of the summons and of the cross-claim.

CATCHWORDS : WILLS [230]- Construction- Testatrix granted plaintiff permission to occupy- Whether a life-estate interest in the property- Mere right of residence is not an estate- Failure to perform the conditions attached to right- Trustee validly terminated plaintiff's right to occupy- Plaintiff was granted a joint right of residence with her sister, thus both of them required to be a party to the suit for it to succeed- Facts supported finding that plaintiff had ceased to occupy the premises. LEGISLATION CITED : Real Property Act 1900, s 74L Supreme Court Rules Part 8(3) Ellison v O'Neill (1968) 88 WN (NSW) (Pt 1) 213 Gill v Gill (1921) 21 SR (NSW) 400 CASES CITED : Perpetual Trustees (WA) Ltd v Darvell [2001] WASC 123 Re Gibbons [1920] 1 Ch 372 Re Keenan (1913) 30 WN (NSW) 214 Stevenson v Myers (1929) 47 WN (NSW) 94 PARTIES : Isobelle Victoria White (P) Arizon Pty Limited (D) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5279/03 COUNSEL : W Washington (P) A Lakeman (D) SOLICITORS : Turnbull Bowles Lawyers Pty Limited (P) David Roe (D)

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION

YOUNG CJ in EQ

Thursday 6 November 2003