NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: Carey v Robson [2010] NSWCA 212
HEARING DATE(S): 19 August 2010
JUDGMENT DATE: 19 August 2010
JUDGMENT OF: Hodgson JA at [1], [41]; Campbell JA at [39]; Sackville AJA at [40]
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE: 19 August 2010
DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS: FAMILY PROVISION – Unequal and allegedly disproportionate gifts to children – Whether primary judge erred in holding that plaintiff had not been left without adequate provision for her proper maintenance and advancement.
LEGISLATION CITED: Family Provision Act 1982 ss 7, 9.
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Carey v Robson & Anor; Nicholls v Robson & Anor [2009] NSWSC 1142 Foley v Ellis [2008] NSWCA 288 CASES CITED: House v The King [1936] HCA 40; (1936) 55 CLR 499 Mifsud v Campbell (1991) 21 NSWLR 725 Singer v Berghouse (No 2) [1994] HCA 40; (1994) 181 CLR 201 Vigolo v Bostin [2005] HCA 11; (2005) 221 CLR 191
PARTIES: Marion Allinson CAREY (appellant) Alan Frederick William ROBSON (respondent)
FILE NUMBER(S): CA 2010/21649
COUNSEL: L J ELLISON SC/ R M LOVAS (appellant) J E ROBSON SC/ G R WAUGH (respondent)
SOLICITORS: Kerrisons The Law Firm (appellant) W A Baxter & Co Pty Ltd (respondent)
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: Supreme Court - Equity Division
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): SC 4842/07; SC 5215/07
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Palmer J
LOWER COURT DATE OF DECISION: 28 October 2009
LOWER COURT MEDIUM NEUTRAL CITATION: Carey v Robson & Anor; Nicholls v Robson & Anor [2009] NSWSC 1142
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