Payten v Perpetual Trustee Company [2005] NSWSC 345

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Payten v Perpetual Trustee Company [2005] NSWSC 345

HEARING DATE(S) : 11 & 12 April 2005

JUDGMENT DATE : 15 April 2005

JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : Austin J

DECISION : Grant of Probate revoked; letters of administration cta granted, annexing terms of new will as proved

CATCHWORDS : WILLS - lost will - requirements for recognition of will - effect of s 18A - standard of proof - where evidence of terms of new will is incomplete

LEGISLATION CITED : Wills, Probate and Administration Act 1898 (NSW) ss 7, 17, 18A, 19

Aoun v Clark [2000] NSWSC 274 Atkinson v Morris [1897] P 40 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Cahill v Rhodes [2002] NSWSC 561 Chichester v Quatrefages [1895] P 186 Curley v Duff (1985) 2 NSWLR 716 Cutto v Gilbert (1854) 9 Moo PC 131; 14 ER 247 Dalton v Dalton (Supreme Court of Western Australia, 24 December 1997, unreported; BC9704735) Finch v Finch (1867) LR 1 PD 371 Gair v Bowers (1909) 9 CLR 510 In the Estate of Brian [1974] 2 NSWLR 231 In the Estate of Ralston (Supreme Court of New South Wales, 2 September 1996, unreported; BC9604329 CASES CITED : In the Goods of Petchell (1874) LR 3 P & D 153 In the Will of Cullen (1907) 7 SR (NSW) 29 In the Will of Page [1969] 1 NSWR 471 Kitkat v King [1930] P 266 Nawab Sahib Mirza v Mussammat Umda Khaanam (1892) LR 19 Ind App 83 Pedler v Richardson (Supreme Court of New South Wales, 16 October 1997, unreported; BC9705263 Re Buckley [1952] VLR 107 Re Day (1907) 7 SR (NSW) 484 Re Fairhurst [1976] 1 NZLR 51 Re Hawksley [1934] Ch 384 Sugden v Lord St Leonards (1876) 1 LR 1 PD 154 Whiteley v Clune (No 2); The Estate of Brett Whiteley (Supreme Court of New South Wales, 13 May 1993, unreported)