NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION : BLADWELL v DAVIS & ANOR [2004] NSWCA 170 revised - 10/06/2004 HEARING DATE(S) : 10/05/2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 4 June 2004
JUDGMENT OF : Ipp JA at 1; Bryson JA at 5; Stein AJA at 24 DECISION : Leave to appeal against [2003] NSWSC 882 refused with costs.
CATCHWORDS : FAMILY PROVISION - adult son and daughter - leave to appeal - Master awarded provision totalling $60,000 out of residue otherwise passing under will to de facto partner of 28 years - mathematical error meant that Master estimated distributable estate at $389,000 not $313,000 - on review of factors favouring and adverse to leave to appeal, leave refused - observations by Ipp JA and Bryson JA on primacy in relation to widows in Family Provision claims. LEGISLATION CITED : Family Provision Act 1982 Cropley v Cropley [2002] NSWSC 349 Golosky v. Golosky NSWCA 5 October 1993 (unreported) CASES CITED : Hertzberg v. Hertzberg [2003] NSWCA 311 Luciano v. Rosenblum [1985] 2 NSWLR 65 Sayer v. Sayer [1999] NSWCA 340 Singer v. Berghouse (1994) 181 CLR 201 Helen Jean Bladwell - Appellant PARTIES : Leslie Ann Davis - First Respondent Peter Robert Davis - Second Respondent FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40920/2003 COUNSEL : R.W. Tregenza and D. Rayment - Appellant D.L. Warren - Respondents SOLICITORS : E.J. Harris - Appellant Heard McEwan Lawyers - Respondents
LOWER COURT Supreme Court - Equity Division JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 3420/2002 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Master McLaughlin JUDICIAL OFFICER :
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