Burns v The Estate of Troy Mitchell Burns, a Protected Person [2013] NSWSC 1550

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Burns v The Estate of Troy Mitchell Burns, a Protected Person [2013] NSWSC 1550 Hearing dates: 18 October 2013 Decision date: 24 October 2013 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Black J Decision: Leave granted for application to proceed. Catchwords: SUCCESSION - wills, probate and administration - lack of testamentary capacity - application seeking order authorising a will to be made on behalf of a protected person under s 19 Succession Act 2006 (NSW) - whether a number of possibilities as to the contents of the will the protected person would make exist - whether one possibility is "reasonably likely". Legislation Cited: Succession Act 2006 (NSW) ss 18, 19(1), 19(2)(a), 20(1), 21(2), 22, 22(b), 22(d), 22(e), 127 Cases Cited: - AB v CB [2009] NSWSC 680 - Application by Peter Leslie Kelso [2010] NSWSC 357 - Banks v Goodfellow (1870) LR 5 QB 549 - Boulton v Sanders [2004] VSCA 112; (2004) 9 VR 495 - Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs v Binnie [1989] VR 836 - Hoffman v Waters [2007] SASC 273; (2007) 98 SASR 500 - Re Estate of S [2012] NSWSC 1281 - Re Fenwick; Application of JR Fenwick; Re 'Charles' [2009] NSWSC 530; (2009) 76 NSWLR 22 - Re Will of Jane [2011] NSWSC 624 - Sportsbet Pty Ltd v New South Wales (No 9) [2010] FCA 31 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Carol Mildred Norma Burns (Plaintiff) The Estate of Troy Mitchell Burns, a Protected Person (Other Information) Representation: Counsel: M. Willmott SC/A. Blank (Plaintiff) Solicitors: Michael C Smith (Solicitor) File Number(s): 2013/252533