Public Trustee v Gittoes aka Caldar [2005] NSWSC 373

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Public Trustee v Gittoes aka Caldar [2005] NSWSC 373

HEARING DATE(S) : 18 & 19/04/05

JUDGMENT DATE : 22 April 2005

JUDGMENT OF : White J

DECISION : See paragraph 144 of judgment.

CATCHWORDS : VEXATIOUS LITIGANT - Administration of deceased estate frustrated - Principle in Cherry v Boultbee.

Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Public Trustee Act 1913 (NSW) Wills, Probate and Administration Act 1898 (NSW) Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW) Supreme Court Rules Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) Trustee Act 1925 (NSW)

Attorney-General v Wentworth (1988) 14 NSWLR 481 Attorney-General in and for the state of New South Wales v Bhattacharya [2003] NSWSC 1150 Attorney-General (NSW) v Betts [2004] NSWSC 901 Attorney-General v Barr-Mordecai [2005] NSWSC 142 Hunters Hill Municipal Council v Pedler [1976] 1 NSWLR 478 Wills, Probate and Administration Law in New South Wales by Geddes, Roland & Studdert (1996 ed) In the Goods of Morant (1874) LR3P&D 151 In Re Goddard [1951] QWN 46 Caldar v Public Trustee [2003] NSWCA 187 Buchan v Nash [1983] 2 NSWLR 575 Rule v Mallon (2000) 10 BPR 18,005 CASES CITED : Helmore, Commercial Law and Personal Property in New South Wales, 10th ed P.W. Young, Annotated Conveyancing and Real Property Legislation in New South Wales, 3 ed Halsbury's Laws of Australia Commissioner of Stamp Duties (Qld) v Livingston [1965] AC 694 Mayfield v Lloyd-Williams [2004] NSWSC 419 Wentworth v Graham (2003) 57 NSWLR 741 Commonwealth Trading Bank v Inglis (1974) 131 CLR 311 Cherry v Boultbee (1839) 4 My & Cr 442 Perpetual Trustees (WA) Ltd v Equus Corporation Pty Ltd, (Young J, 5/03/98 unreported) In re Peruvian Railway Construction Co Ltd [1915] 2 Ch 144 Courtenay v Williams (1844) 3 Hare 539 Re Melton [1918] 1 Ch 37