NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Szabo v Battye (No 2) [2006] NSWSC 1392
HEARING DATE(S) : 11/12/06 (written submissions)
JUDGMENT DATE : 14 December 2006
JUDGMENT OF : Biscoe AJ
DECISION : Defendants' costs on an indemnity basis to be paid out of the estate of the deceased.
CATCHWORDS : Costs - contested probate proceedings on grounds of lack of testamentary capacity and lack of knowledge and approval of will - whether in the circumstances unsuccessful plaintiff should be ordered to pay costs - offer of compromise.
LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Procedure Act 2005 s 98(1) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 20.26, 42.1, 42.15
Becker v Public Trustee of NSW [2006] NSWSC 1146 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 WLR 586 Harrison v Schipp [2001] NSWCA 13 Herning v GWS Machinery Pty Ltd (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 375 CASES CITED : Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 Middlebrook v Middlebrook (1962) 36 ALJR 216 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Re Estate of Hodges; Shorter v Hodges (1988) 14 NSWLR 698 Rosniak v Government Insurance Office (1997) 41 NSWLR 608 Shorten v Shorten (No 2) [2003] NSWCA 60
Charles Szabo (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Chris Battye (First Defendant) Arpad Szabo (Second Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 107580/04
COUNSEL : Mr M Bloom (Plaintiff) Mr D Williams (Defendants)
SOLICITORS : Lighthouse Law Group (Plaintiff) The Conveyancing Shop (Defendants)
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