Vidler v Ivimey [2013] NSWSC 1605

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Vidler v Ivimey [2013] NSWSC 1605 Hearing dates: 28 October 2013 Decision date: 05 November 2013 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Hallen J Decision: Direct the parties, within 7 days, to bring in agreed Short Minutes of Order reflecting the matters set out in paragraph [218] of these reasons. Catchwords: SUCCESSION - Plaintiff makes a claim for a family provision order - No dispute as to the Plaintiff's eligibility as a person with whom the deceased was living in a de facto relationship at the date of his death - Defendant one of the children of the deceased by a prior marriage and the executor appointed in the Will of the deceased, to whom Probate was granted - Whether family provision order should be made bearing in mind the provision made in the Will, and if so, the nature and quantum of the further provision to be made Legislation Cited: Family Provision Act 1982 Probate and Administration Act 1898 Property (Relationships) Act 1984 Succession Act 2006 Succession Amendment (Family Provision) Act 2008 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Alexander v Jansson [2010] NSWCA 176 Allardice, In re; Allardice v Allardice (1909) 29 NZLR 959 Andrew v Andrew [2012] NSWCA 308; (2012) 81 NSWLR 656 Bartlett v Coomber [2008] NSWCA 100 Belfield v Belfield [2012] NSWSC 416 Bladwell v Davis 2004] NSWCA 170 Bosch v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd [1938] AC 463 Carega Properties SA (formerly Joram Developments Ltd) v Sharratt [1979] 2 All ER 1084; [1979] 1 WLR 928 Clifford v Mayr [2010] NSWCA 6 Collins v McGain [2003] NSWCA 190 Cooper v Dungan (1976) 50 ALJR 539 Cross v Wasson [2009] NSWSC 378; (2009) 2 ASTLR 201 de Angelis v de Angelis [2003] VSC 432 Devereaux-Warnes v Hall (No 3) [2007] WASCA 235; (2007) 35 WAR 127 Diver v Neal [2009] NSWCA 54; (2009) 2ASTLR 89 Flathaug v Weaver [2003] NZFLR 730 Foley v Ellis [2008] NSWCA 288 Forsyth v Sinclair [2010] VSCA 147 Franks v Franks [2013] NSWCA 60 Frisoli v Kourea; Frisoli v Kourea [2013] NSWSC 1166 Gardiner v Gardiner (NSWSC, 28 May 1998, unreported) Goodman v Windeyer (1980) 144 CLR 490 Gorton v Parks (1989) 17 NSWLR 1 Grey v Harrison [1997] 2 VR 359 Harrisson v Skinner [2013] NSWSC 736 Hyland v Burbidge [2000] NSWSC 12 Kay v Archbold [2008] NSWSC 254 Keep v Bourke [2012] NSWCA 64 Kembrey v Cuskelly [2008] NSWSC 262 Luciano v Rosenblum (1985) 2 NSWLR 65 Marcuola-Bel Estate, Re; Marcuola-Bel v Thi Ly Tran [2005] NSWSC 1182 Marinis v Jeweller [2000] NSWCA 282 Marshall v Carruthers [2002] NSWCA 47 Mayfield v Lloyd-Williams [2004] NSWSC 419 McCosker v McCosker (1957) 97 CLR 566 Neale v Neale [2013] NSWSC 983 Oldereid v Chan [2013] NSWSC 434 O'Loughlin v O'Loughlin [2003] NSWCA 99 Palaganio v Mankarios [2011] NSWSC 61 Peters v Salmon [2013] NSWSC 953 Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith v Scales [1962] HCA 19; (1962) 107 CLR 9 Puckridge, Deceased, In the Estate of, (1978) 20 SASR 72 Ross v Collins [1964] 1 All ER 861; [1964] 1 WLR 425 Sellers v Scrivenger [2010] VSC 320 Singer v Berghouse (No 2) (1994) 181 CLR 201 Sitch (deceased), Re the Will of; Gillies v Executors of the Will of Sitch [2005] VSC 308 Slack v Rogan; Palffy v Rogan [2013] NSWSC 522 Stern v Sekers; Sekers v Sekers [2010] NSWSC 59 Stiles v Joseph (NSWSC, 16 December 1996, unreported) Stott v Cook (1960) 33 ALJR 447 Szypica v O'Beirne [2013] NSWSC 297 Tchadovitch v Tchadovitch [2010] NSWCA 316 Tobin v Ezekiel [2012] NSWCA 285 Verzar v Verzar [2012] NSWSC 1380 Vigolo v Bostin (2005) 221 CLR 191 Walker v Walker (NSWSC, 17 May 1996, unreported) White and Tulloch v White (1995) 19 Fam LR 696 Texts Cited: J D Heydon and M J Leeming, Jacobs' Law of Trusts in Australia (LexisNexis Butterworths, 7th ed, 2006) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Margaret Eleanor Vidler (Plaintiff) Roy Charles Ivimey (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr B Townsend (Plaintiff) Mr L Ellison SC (Defendant) Solicitors: Horowitz & Bilinsky Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) TressCox Lawyers (Defendant) File Number(s): 2012/325815