Wood v Inglis [2009] NSWSC 1495

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Wood v Inglis [2009] NSWSC 1495 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

HEARING DATE(S) : 7 December 2009 JURISDICTION : Equity Division

JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 7 December 2009

DECISION : Orders for payment of pecuniary legacies

CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION – Wills, probate and administration – Construction and effect of testamentary dispositions – whether pecuniary legacies should be paid when belated family provision proceedings foreshadowed – SUCCESSION – Executors and administrators – Removal and discharge – removal of joint executor by consent

LEGISLATION CITED : (NSW) Family Provision Act 1982 s 16 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules r 53.4

CATEGORY : Consequential orders

CASES CITED : Wood v Inglis [2009] NSWSC 601

Pamela Ruth Wood (plaintiff) Helen Margaret Inglis (defendant) First Cross Claim: Helen Margaret Inglis (cross-claimant) Inglis Research Trust P/L (first cross-defendant) Kathryn Margaret Clark (second cross-defendant) Michael William Inglis (third cross-defendant) Pamela Ruth Wood (fourth cross-defendant) PARTIES : Fiona Jane Narlini Inglis (fifth cross-defendant) William Keith Inglis (sixth cross-defendant) Second Cross Claim: Kathryn Margaret Clark (cross-claimant) Helen Margaret Inglis (first cross-defendant) Pamela Ruth Wood (second cross-defendant) Third Cross-Claim: Pamela Ruth Wood (cross-claimant) Helen Margaret Inglis (cross-defendant)