NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Koerstz v Norman [2008] NSWSC 133
HEARING DATE(S) : 19/02/08
JUDGMENT DATE : 25 February 2008
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq
DECISION : The defendant has full power to act as administratrix of the deceased's estate, including the power to compromise the suit.
CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION [95]- Original will destroyed by a person other than the testatrix after testatrix's death- Whether the grant of probate and administration should be limited- Held that the proper practice is to make an unlimited grant- Section 40D of the Wills, Probate & Administration Act will afford protection to the administrator if the unlimited grant is later revoked.
LEGISLATION CITED : Wills, Probate & Administration Act 1898, ss 40D, 70
Charlton v Hindmarsh (1860) 1 SW & Tr 519; 164 ER 840 Guardian Trust and Executors Company of New Zealand Ltd v Public Trustee of New Zealand [1942] AC 115 Re Campbell [1948] NZLR 510 Re Cope (1880) 16 Ch D 49 CASES CITED : Re Falconer [1958] QWN 42 Re Gwynne (1988) 48 SASR 209 Re Lemme [1892] P 89 Re Levy [1953] VLR 652 Re Von Linden [1896] P 148 Taylor v Waters, Powell J, 19.6.1992, unreported
Clive Ashton Koerstz (P1) PARTIES : Dulcie Joan Koerstz (P2) Anne Christina Norman (D)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2868/06
COUNSEL : G Segal (P) G W McGrath (D)
SOLICITORS : Cropper Parkhill (P) Finlaysons (D)
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION
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