NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Sherborne Estate: [1] Vanvalen & Anor v Neaves & Anor; [2] Gilroy v Neaves & Anor [2005] NSWSC 593
HEARING DATE(S) : 25 to 28 October 2004, and 21 April 2005
JUDGMENT DATE : 23 June 2005
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Palmer J
DECISION : Granddaughter's application dismissed; further provision for daughters made; costs reserved.
CATCHWORDS : FAMILY PROVISION ACT - Whether a granddaughter applicant was "an eligible person" - whether adequate provision had been made for deceased's daughters.
LEGISLATION CITED : Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW) - s.6, s.7, s.22, s.23, s.26, s.27, s.28, s.33
- Fulop, Re (1987) 8 NSWLR 679 - Leahey & Trescowthick [1999] VSC 409 - MacEwan Shaw v Shaw [2003] VSC 318 - O'Dea v O'Dea [2005] NSWSC 46 - Pearson v Jones [2000] NSWSC 799 CASES CITED : - Petrohilos v Hunter (1991) 25 NSWLR 343 - Sayer v Sayer [1999] NSWCA 340 - Shearer v The Public Trustee [1998] BC9801169 at 21 - Simons v Permanent Trustee Co Ltd [2005] NSWSC 223 - Singer v Berghouse (No 2) (1994) 181 CLR 201 - Tsivinsky v Tsivinsky (unrep) NSWCA 5 December 1991
[1] Barbara Anne Vanvalen - First Plaintiff [1] Helen Lorraine Fahey - Second Plaintiff PARTIES : [2] Julia Eva Gilroy - Plaintiff [1] & [2] Clarence Albert Neaves - First Defendant [1] & [2] William Grant Sherborne - Second Defendant
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC [1] 1865/02; [2] 1866/02
[1] J.B. Whittle SC, B. Townsend - Plaintiffs COUNSEL : [2] S.M. Foda - Plaintiff [1] & [2] G.C. Lindsay SC, M.K. Meek - Defendants
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