NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Mann v Starkey [2008] NSWSC 263
HEARING DATE(S) : 13/03/08, 25/03/08
JUDGMENT DATE : 28 March 2008
JURISDICTION : Equity
JUDGMENT OF : White J
DECISION : 1. Order that the summons be dismissed; 2. order that the plaintiff pay the defendant's costs; 3. exhibits may be returned after 28 days
CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION - Family provision and maintenance - whether testator made adequate provision for applicant - unsatisfactory evidence of applicant's financial circumstances.
LEGISLATION CITED : Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW) Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW)
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Fraser v Venables (Supreme Court of New South Wales, McLaughlin M, 30 September 1998, unreported); BC9805011 Draper v Nixon [1999] NSWSC 629 Bennett v Bennett [2001] NSWSC 987 Ernst v Ryf [2001] NSWSC 1167 Van Ooyen v O'Driscoll [2002] NSWSC 445 CASES CITED : Zaleski v Patterson [2005] NSWSC 54 Troy v Slede [2005] NSWSC 1080 Wheatley v Wheatley [2006] NSWCA 262 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Singer v Berghouse (1994) 181 CLR 201 Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith v Scales (1962) 107 CLR 9
PARTIES : Ian Graeme Mann v Elizabeth Gayle Starkey
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1364/07
COUNSEL : Plaintiff: P J Livingstone Defendant: K Ottesen
SOLICITORS : Plaintiff: Lane & Lane Defendant: David Jackson & Associates
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION FPA RUNNING LIST
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