NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Reddie v Cornock [2005] NSWSC 187
HEARING DATE(S) : 7, 8, 9 February 2005
JUDGMENT DATE : 10 March 2005
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq
DECISION : Widow takes whole estate except for $100,000 for the sons.
CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION [217]- What property passes by will- Asset bequeathed actually owned in partnership- Effect. SUCCESSION [273]- Administration- Business debt charged on matrimonial home- Effect of Locke King's Act. SUCCESSION [314]- FPA- Four claimants (ex-wife, two sons, widow)- Modest estate- Widow's claim to be preferred.
Conveyancing Act 1919, s 145 LEGISLATION CITED : Family Provision Act 1982, ss 7, 9, 10
Associated Alloys Pty Ltd v ACN 001 452 106 Pty Ltd (2000) 202 CLR 588 Barns v Barns (2003) 214 CLR 169 Calcino v Fletcher [1969] Qd R 8 Calverley v Green (1984) 155 CLR 242 Cameron v Hills (Needham J, 26.10.1989, unreported) Charles Marshall Pty Ltd v Grimsley (1956) 95 CLR 353 Commissioner of Stamp Duties (Queensland) v Jolliffe (1920) 28 CLR 178 Connell v Bond Corp Pty Ltd (1992) WAR 352 Cope v Keene (1968) 118 CLR 1 Corin v Patton (1990) 169 CLR 540 Farquhar v Hadden (1871) LR 7 Ch App 1 Hardy v Lane (1994) 6 BPR 13,968 Hendry v The Perpetual Executors and Trustees Association of Australia Ltd (1961) 106 CLR 256 Hyhonie Holdings Pty Ltd v Leroy [2003] NSWSC 624 CASES CITED : Hyhonie Holdings pty Ltd v Leroy [2004] NSWCA 72 In re Dicey [1956] Ch 357 In re Dicey; Julian v Dicey [1957] Ch 145 Kauter v Hilton (1953) 90 CLR 86 Luciano v Rosenblum (1985) 2 NSWLR 65 Murless v Franklin (1818) 1 Swans 13; 36 ER 278 Padbury v Clark (1850) 2 Mac & G 298; 42 ER 115 Re Holland [1907] 2 Ch 88 Re Keene (1967) 86 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 317 Re Lamshed [1970] SASR 224 Rushton (Qld) Pty Ltd v Rushton (NSW) Pty Ltd [2003] 1 Qd R 320 Shaw v Lambert (Young J, 9.10.1987, unreported) Wade v Harding (1987) 11 NSWLR 551 Watson v Ralph (1982) 148 CLR 646 Wilkinson v Dent (1871) 6 LR Ch App 339
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