NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : West v France [2010] NSWSC 845
HEARING DATE(S) : 26 July 2010 27 July 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 5 August 2010
JUDGMENT OF : Hallen AsJ
CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION - family provision- adequacy of provision - Plaintiff - de facto spouse of the deceased for 11 years - Plaintiff and deceased engaged in drug use - Estate left to the three adult children of deceased - Plaintiff continued to engage in drug use after death of deceased - large estate - financial and material circumstances of Plaintiff - whether Plaintiff has been left without adequate provision for proper maintenance and advancement in life - provision to be made for Plaintiff
Family Provision Act 1982 LEGISLATION CITED : Succession Act 2006 Succession Amendment (Family Provision) Act 2008
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Alexander v Jansson [2010] NSWCA 176 Anasson v Phillips (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Young J, 4 March 1988, unreported) Bondy v Vavros (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Young J, 29 August 1988, unreported) Clifford v Mayr [2010] NSWCA6 Collins v McGain & Anor [2003] NSWCA 190 Crisp v Burns Philp Trustee Co Ltd (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Holland J, 18 December 1979, unreported) Diver v Neal [2009] Re Fletcher (deceased); Fletcher v Usher (1921) NZLR 649 Foley v Ellis [2008] NSWCA 288 Goodman v Windeyer (1980) 144 CLR 490 at 496 Gorton v Parks [1989] 17 NSWLR 1 Green v Perpetual Trustee Co Limited (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Hodgson J, 10 July 1985, unreported) Hastings v Hastings [2008] NSWSC 1310 CASES CITED : Hoadley v Hoadley (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Young J, 17 February 1987, unreported) Howarth v Reed (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Powell J, 15 April 1991, unreported) Kalmar v Kalmar [2006] NSWSC 437 Luciano v Rosenblum (1985) 2 NSWLR 65 McLean v Public Trustee [2001] NSWSC 970 Marcuola Bel v Thi Ly Tran [2005] NSWSC 1182 Marshall v Carruthers [2002] NSWCA 47 Michael Bienke v Brian Bienke; Estate of the late Harold Bienke [2002] O'Loughlin v O'Loughlin [2003] NSWCA 99 Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith v Scales(1962) 107 CLR 9 Re the Will of Sitch (deceased); Gillies v Executors of the Will of Sitch Sellers v Scrivenger & Anor [2010] VSC 320 Singer v Berghouse (No 2) [1994] HCA 40; (1994) 181 CLR201 Vigolo v Bostin [2005] HCA 11
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