NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Joy v Cox [2007] NSWSC 1224
HEARING DATE(S) : 27/09/07, 28/09/07
JUDGMENT DATE : 1 November 2007
JUDGMENT OF : Gzell J
DECISION : Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff to pay defendants costs.
CATCHWORDS : FAMILY AND CHILD WELFARE - De Facto Relationships - Legislation - Whether a sexual relationship of 14 years' duration constituted a de facto relationship - Parties maintaining separate houses and separate investments - No financial dependence or interdependence - Whether just and equitable to adjust the interests of the parties in property
LEGISLATION CITED : Property (Relationships) Act 1984
Ye v Fung [2006] NSWSC 243 Roy v Sturgeon (1986) 11 NSWLR 454 Simonis v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd (1987) 21 NSWLR 677 Howlett v Neilson (233 Fam LR 402 Chanter v Catts (2005) 64 NSWLR 360 CASES CITED : Kardos v Sarbutt (2006) 34 Fam LR 711 Foster v Evans, NSWSC, unreported, 31 October 1997, Bryson J Jones v Grech (2001) 27 Fam LR 711 Sullman v Sullman [2002] NSWSC 169 Evans v Marmont (1997) 42 NSWLR 70 Bilous v Mudaliar (2006) 65 NSWLR 615
PARTIES : Denise Rosalie Joy - Plaintiff John Russell Cox - Defendant
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5550/04
COUNSEL : Mr J Hamilton - Plaintiff Ms A Rees - Defendant
SOLICITORS : Gianacas Argiris Monnox - Plaintiff Boyd Olsen Lawyers - Defendant
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION
GZELL J
THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2007
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