Sion & Ors v NSW Trustee and Guardian [2012] NSWSC 949

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Sion & Ors v NSW Trustee and Guardian [2012] NSWSC 949 Hearing dates: 31 July 2012, 1 and 2 August 2012 Decision date: 20 August 2012 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Bergin CJ in Eq Decision: Statement of Claim dismissed Catchwords: [CONTRACT] - alleged statement by the deceased to leave her estate to the plaintiffs if they "looked after" the deceased and her husband and looked after their "affairs" - whether intention to be legally bound - whether deceased suffering from dementia at time of alleged statement - capacity generally and in particular in relation to the consequences of the alleged statement.

[ESTOPPEL] - whether alleged representations made - whether reliance - whether detriment established. Cases Cited: Ashton v Pratt (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 3 Attorney-General v Parnther (1792) 3 Bro CC 441; (1792) 29 ER 632 Balfour v Balfour [1919] 2 KB 571 Banks v Goodfellow (1870) LR 5 QB 549 Bovaird v Frost [2009] NSWSC 337 Brambles Holdings Limited v Bathurst City Council [2001] NSWCA 61; (2001) 53 NSWLR 153 Darmanin v Cowan [2010] NSWSC 1118 Foster v Mackinnon (1869) LR 4 CP 704 Gibbons v Wright (1954) 91 CLR 423 Gillett v Holt & Anor [2000] EWCA Civ 66; [2001] Ch 210 Guthrie v Spence [2009] NSWCA 369; (2009) 78 NSWLR 225 Horton v Jones (1935) 53 CLR 475 Jones v Padavatton [1969] 2 All ER 616 Lieschke v Lieschke [2003] NSWSC 743 McKeand v Thomas [2006] NSWSC 1028 Miller & Associates Insurance Broking Pty Ltd v BMW Australia Finance Limited [2010] HCA 31; (2010) 241 CLR 357 Palmer v Bank of New South Wales [1973] 2 NSWLR 244 Re Demagogue Pty Ltd v Ramensky (1992) 110 ALR 608; 39 FCR 31 Silovi Pty Ltd v Barbaro (1988) 13 NSWLR 466 Stinchcombe v Thomas [1957] VR 509 Sullivan v Sullivan & Ors [2006] NSWCA 312 Susann Simpson-Cook v William John Martin Delaforce [2009] NSWSC 357 Thorner v Major [2008] EWCA Civ 732 Wakeling v Ripley (1951) 51 SR (NSW) 183 Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher [1988] HCA 7; (1988) 164 CLR 387 Zorbas v Sidiropoulous (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 197 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ezekiel Haiem Sion (First Plaintiff) Louisa Joseph (Second Plaintiff) Hilda Mordecai (Third Plaintiff) NSW Trustee and Guardian (Defendant) Representation: AL Hill/MM Pringle (Plaintiffs) LJ Ellison SC/HP Bennett (Defendant) DG Thomas (Plaintiffs) Clinch Long Letherbarrow (Defendant) File Number(s): 2010/247928 Publication restriction: