Ernst v Mowbray [2004] NSWSC 1140

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Ernst v Mowbray [2004] NSWSC 1140 HEARING DATE(S) : 28/10/04 [then written submissions] JUDGMENT DATE : 26 November 2004 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq DECISION : Proceedings are dismissed with no order as to costs save that the existing orders for costs that have been made at interlocutory stages are to continue.

CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION [316]- Family Provision- Widow- 17 year marriage- Long period of separation- Section 86 deed executed- Widow's claim fails- Executors distributing estate to themselves without notice- Consequences. LEGISLATION CITED : Family Law Act (Comm) 1975, s 86 Family Provision Act 1982, s 7 Bladwell v Davis [2004] NSWCA 170 D'Albora v D'Albora [1999] NSWSC 468; BC 9902597 Dijkhuijs v Barclay (1988) 13 NSWLR 639 Easterbrook v Young (1977) 136 CLR 308 Guardian Trust & Executors Company of New Zealand Ltd v The Public Trustee of New Zealand [1942] AC 115 CASES CITED : O'Shaughnessy v Mantle (1986) 7 NSWLR 142 Re Clissold [1970] 2 NSWLR 619 Re Faulkner [1999] 2 Qd R 49 Re Gimblett [1960] NZLR 664 Re Simpson [1950] Ch 38 Singer v Berghouse (1994) 181 CLR 201 Smith v Smith (1986) 161 CLR 217 PARTIES : Victoria Canning Ernst (P) Sharon Bernadette Mowbray and Grahame Peter Ernst (D) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3804/02 COUNSEL : J Wilson SC (P) P Livingstone (D) SOLICITORS : Holman Webb (P) Kerrisons The Law Firm (D)