Estate of the late Evert Jacob Bulder Evert Jan Bulder v Surya Kanta Evert Jan Bulder & Ors [2012] NSWSC 1328

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Estate of the late Evert Jacob Bulder Evert Jan Bulder v Surya Kanta Evert Jan Bulder & Ors [2012] NSWSC 1328 Hearing dates: 16.10.12 Decision date: 01 November 2012 Before: Nicholas J Decision: Par 57 Catchwords: WILLS PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION - informal document - whether suicide note constituted informal will - whether deceased had testamentary capacity when document made - whether deceased intended document to constitute will - whether document a valid will - whether plaintiff entitled to grant of letters of administration - turns on facts - no question of legal principle EQUITY AND TRUSTS - constructive trusts - deceased and defendant held joint bank accounts - whether deceased beneficially entitled to whole of monies in joint accounts - whether funds held on constructive trust for estate of deceased - whether payments by deceased to defendant procured by undue influence - turns on facts - no question of legal principle Legislation Cited: Succession Act 2006 Supreme Court Rules 1970 Cases Cited: Banks v Goodfellow (1870) LR 5 QB 549 Johnson v Buttress [1936] HCA 41; (1936) 56 CLR 113 Re The Estate of Cropley; Cropley v Cropley [2002] NSWSC 349; (2002) 11 BPR 20,171 The Estate of Masters (deceased); Hill v Plummer (1994) 33 NSWLR 446 Tobin v Ezekiel [2012] NSWCA 285 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Estate of the late Evert Jacob Bulder - plaintiff (11/267687) Evert Jan Bulder - plaintiff (11/258747) Evert Jan Bulder - first plaintiff (11/130104) Tineke Trotter - second plaintiff (11/130104) Johan Bulder - third plaintiff (11/130104) Hilda Elisabeth De Boer - fourth plaintiff (11/130104) Surya Kanta - defendant Representation: Counsel: A Hill - plaintiffs No appearance - defendant Solicitors: 2020 Legal Solutions - plaintiffs No appearance - defendant File Number(s): 11/267687 11/258747 11/130104