NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Carey v Robson & Anor; Nicholls v Robson & Anor [2009] NSWSC 1142
HEARING DATE(S) : 15 & 16 September 2009
JUDGMENT DATE : 28 October 2009
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Palmer J
DECISION : Summonses dismissed.
CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION – FAMILY PROVISION – Whether applicants' desire to provide for the advancement in life of their adult children may be taken into account in assessing the applicants' claims for their own maintenance and advancement in life out of the estate.
LEGISLATION CITED : Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW) – s 7, s 28(1)(a)
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
- Blore v Lang (1960) 104 CLR 124 - Bosch v Perpetual Trustee Co Limited [1938] AC 463 - Buckland, deceased, Re [1966] VR 404 - Foley v Ellis [2008] NSWCA 288 CASES CITED : - Kleinig v Neal (No 2) [1981] 2 NSWLR 532 - Lloyd-Williams v Mayfield (2005) 63 NSWLR 1 - Mayfield v Lloyd-Williams [2004] NSWSC 419 - Singer v Berghouse (No 2) (1994) 181 CLR 201 - Vigolo v Bostin (2005) 221 CLR 191
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
L.J. Ellison SC (Plaintiff 4842/07, 2nd Defendant 5215/07) COUNSEL : R.M. Lovas (2nd Defendant 4842/07, Plaintiff 5215/07) J.E. Robson SC, G.R. Waugh (1st Defendant in 4842/07 & 5215/07)
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