NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Lo Surdo v Public Trustee [2005] NSWSC 1186
HEARING DATE(S) : 9 – 12 May, 6 – 9 and 20 September 2005
JUDGMENT DATE : 23 November 2005
JURISDICTION : Equity
JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J
DECISION : Application by adult son for provision under Family Provision Act 1982 refused.
CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION [308] – Family Provision and maintenance – Failure by testator to make sufficient provision for applicant – Duty of testator – Duty to children – Application for adult son – No special principle governing – Test to be applied – Application of community standards.
LEGISLATION CITED : Family Provision Act 1982 s 16(3)
Day v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd [2001] NSWSC 394 Dulhunty v Dewhirst [2005] NSWSC 607 Farquharson v Grace [2005] NSWSC 87 Gorton v Parks (1989) 17 NSWLR 1 Hughes v Hughes NSWCA 6 June 1989 unreported CASES CITED : In re Jennings, decd [1994] Ch 286 Singer v Berghouse (1994) 181 CLR 201 The Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith v Scales (1962) 107 CLR 9 Vigolo v Bostin (2005) 79 ALJR 731 Walker v Walker NSWSC 17 May 1996 unreported Young J
Carmelo Lo Surdo (P) PARTIES : Public Trustee as Executor of the Last Will and Testament of the Late Carmela Cipolla (D1) Iolanda Quagliero (D2)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3317/02
R D Wilson (P) L Ellison SC (D1) COUNSEL : A M Gruzman (D2)
N J Papallo & Co (P) P J Whitehead Esq (D1) SOLICITORS : Di Lizio & Associates (D2)
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