NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Seeley v Back - Estate of John Michael Pegus Seeley [2005] NSWSC 68
HEARING DATE(S) : 12/10/04, 13/10/04, 14/10/04, 15/10/04, 19/10/04, 15/12/04
JUDGMENT DATE : 18 February 2005
Equity Division JURISDICTION : Probate List
JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J
DECISION : Grant of probate in common form revoked
CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION - wills probate and administration - testamentary capacity - testator with history of alcohol abuse also taking prescription drugs and suffering from depression - whether executors granted probate in common form discharged onus to show that testator had sufficient mental capacity
Boreham v Prince Henry Hospital (1955) 29 ALJR 179 Bull v Fulton (1942) 66 CLR 295 Kantor v Vosahlo [2004] VSCA 235 CASES CITED : Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd (1992) 67 ALJR 170 Scattini v Matters [2004] QSC 459 Symes v Green (1859) 1 SW&Tr 401; 164 ER 785 Worth v Clasohm (1952) 86 CLR 439 170
Harry Seeley - Plaintiff Francis Joseph Back - First Defendant PARTIES : Vernon Groves - Second Defendant
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5569/01; 107958/03; 107987/03
Mr G.C. Lindsay SC/Mr C.P. Locke - Plaintiff COUNSEL : Mr B.W. Rayment QC/Mr J.R. Wilson SC - Defendants
Oliveri Attorneys - Plaintiff SOLICITORS : Back Schwartz Vaughan - Defendants
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION :
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION
Barrett J
FRIDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 2005 5569/01 - Harry Seeley V Francis Joseph back - estate of Michael Pegus Seeley & Anor
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