NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Rutter & Anor v McCusker & Anor [2008] NSWSC 1289
HEARING DATE(S) : 1 December 2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 1 December 2008
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Palmer J
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 1 December 2008
DECISION : Grant of probate to First Defendant revoked; new grant of probate made.
CATCHWORDS : PROBATE – Whether executrix placed in position of such conflict of interest and duty that grant should be revoked and probate granted to independent person – principles.
LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) – s 421A, s 436A, s 439A Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW)
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
- Bates v Messner (1967) 67 SR(NSW) 187 - Bramston v Morris; Estate of Murray (BC9303644) 20 August 1993, SCNSW, per Powell J CASES CITED : - Mavrideros v Mack (1998) 45 NSWLR 80 - Monty Financial Services Ltd v Delmo (1996) 1 VR 65 - Rutter v McCusker [2008] NSWSC 269 - Upton v Downie [2007] NSWSC 1095
David Andrew Rutter (First Plaintiff/First Cross Defendant) PARTIES : Jane Elizabeth Rutter (Second Plaintiff/Second Cross Defendant) Anne Maire McCusker (First Defendant) Designplace Sydney Pty Ltd (Second Defendant/Cross Claimant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3858/08
COUNSEL : F. Kunc SC, S.W. Aspinall (Plaintiffs/Cross Defendants) M.S. Willmott SC (Defendants/Cross Claimant)
SOLICITORS : Gadens (Plaintiffs/Cross Defendants) Swaab Attorneys (Defendants/Cross Claimant)
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