NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Carey v Robson & Anor; Nicholls v Robson & Anor (No 2) [2009] NSWSC 1199
HEARING DATE(S) : 4 November 2009
JUDGMENT DATE : 10 November 2009
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Palmer J
DECISION : In each proceeding, apart from costs of the formal executors' affidavits, Plaintiff to pay Defendant's costs on party/party basis.
CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION – FAMILY PROVISION – COSTS – Whether unsuccessful claimant should have costs out of estate or no adverse costs order – whether costs should follow event – principles – discretionary factors – excessive costs incurred – significance of Practice Note SC Eq 7.
- Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) – s 56(1) LEGISLATION CITED : - Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW) – s 7 - Succession Act 2006 (NSW) – Ch 3
CATEGORY : Consequential orders
- Bowyer v Wood [2007] SASC 327 - Carey v Robson & Anor; Nicholls v Robson & Anor [2009] NSWSC 1142 - Fiorentini v O'Neill [1998] NSWCA 79 CASES CITED : - Jvancich v Kennedy (No 2) [2004] NSWCA 397 - Nicholls v Hall [2007] NSWCA 356 - Sherborne Estate (No 2), Re [2005] NSWSC 1003 - Tobin v Ezekiel [2008] NSWSC 1108
TEXTS CITED : Davern Wright "Testator's Family Maintenance in Australia and New Zealand" 3rd Ed, p 176
Marion Allinson Carey (Plaintiff 4842/07, 2nd Defendant 5215/07) PARTIES : Rosemary Helen Nicholls (2nd Defendant 4842/07, Plaintiff 5215/07) Alan Frederick William Robson (First Defendant 4842/07 & 5215/07)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 4842/07; 5215/07
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