Re Swain (Dawn) [2008] NSWSC 1343

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Re Swain (Dawn) [2008] NSWSC 1343

HEARING DATE(S) : 1/12/08

JUDGMENT DATE : 15 December 2008

JURISDICTION : Equity Division Probate List

JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq

DECISION : Order that the codicil be rectified the grant of probate in common form be recalled and reissued taking into account the rectification.

CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION [164]- Plaintiff applies for rectification of codicil under s 29A Wills, Probate and Administration Act 1898- Late application- Whether sufficient cause is shown for the failure to make application in time- Held that the court is reluctant to order rectification out of time given a grant of probate is an order in rem- However, on facts of present case time extended- Consideration of how testatrix's intention should have been expressed- Rectification ordered.

Family Provision Act 1982 s 16 Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cth) s 102AG LEGISLATION CITED : Succession Act 2006 s 27 Wills Probate and Administration Act 1898 s 29A

CATEGORY : Principal judgment

Green v Green [1998] NSWSC 272 Mortensen v New South Wales (C/A 12/12/1991 unreported) Rawack v Spicer [2002] NSWSC 849 Re Brisbane (Powell J 19/06/1992 unreported) CASES CITED : Re Burrows (1906) 6 SR (NSW) 606 Re Hogg (Young J 12/03/2001 unreported) Re Johnson [1953] 4 DLR 777 Rhodes v Rhodes (1882) 7 App Cas 192 Sophron v Nominal Defendant (1957) 96 CLR 469 Trimmer v Lax [1997] NSWSC 189 Trustee of the AW Furse No 5 Will Trust v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1990) 91 ATC 4007 Warren v McKnight (1996) 40 NSWLR 390