Vukic v Luca Grbin & Ors; Estate of Zvonko Grbin [2006] NSWSC 41

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Vukic v Luca Grbin & Ors; Estate of Zvonko Grbin [2006] NSWSC 41

HEARING DATE(S) : 3 February 2006

JUDGMENT DATE : 9 February 2006

JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J

DECISION : At paragraph 48

CATCHWORDS : EQUITY – Equitable estates and interests – ESTOPPEL – equitable estoppel – matters which plaintiff must establish to found an equitable estoppel – SUCCESSION - FAMILY PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE – two step process for provision out of an estate under Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW) s 7 – "moral duty" – consequential provision - vesting order - costs

Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW), s 66G Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW), ss 6(1), 7, 10, 15(1)(a)(v) LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW), Pt 77 r 61 Trustee Act 1925 (NSW), s 78 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 7.10(2)(a), 11.4, 36.16(2)(b) Wills, Probate and Administration Act 1898 (NSW), s 41A

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