NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Griffiths v Westernhagen [2008] NSWSC 851
HEARING DATE(S) : 10 March, 1 April, 13 May and 12 June 2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 19 August 2008
JURISDICTION : Equity
JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J
DECISION : Provision made for plaintiff by way of a legacy of $100,000 in lieu of the provision made for her in the will.
CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION [320] - Family provision - Principles upon which relief granted - Applications of children - Adult children generally – Relevant principles - Further provision made by way of a legacy for one daughter.
LEGISLATION CITED : Family Provision Act 1992 ss 6, 7, 9 & 12
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Ball v Newey (1988) 13 NSWLR 489 Barbara Mayfield v Suzy Carolyn Lloyd-Williams [2004] NSWSC 419 Benney v Jones (1991) 23 NSWLR 559 Day v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd [2001] NSWSC 394 Goodman v Windeyer (1980) 144 CLR 490 Gorton v Parks (1989) 17 NSWLR 1 Hughes v Hughes NSWCA 6 June 1989 unreported CASES CITED : Hughes v National Trustees Executors and Agency Co of Australasia Ltd (1979) 143 CLR 134 Hunter v Hunter (1987) 8 NSWLR 573 Massingham v Massingham NSWCA 27 June 1996 unreported Nicholls v Hall [2006] NSWSC 1377 Permanent Trustee Co Ltd v Fraser (1995) 36 NSWLR 24 Petrohilos v Hunter (1991) 25 NSWLR 343 Singer v Berghouse (1994) 181 CLR 201 Vigolo v Bostin (2005) 221 CLR 191 Walker v Walker NSWSC 17 May 1996 unreported
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