Vo v Lai & Anor [2013] NSWSC 1639

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Vo v Lai & Anor [2013] NSWSC 1639 Hearing dates: 1, 2 and 3 October 2013 Decision date: 08 November 2013 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Windeyer AJ Decision: Amended Summons dismissed. Catchwords: [SUCCESSION] Family Provision - Eligible person - Whether plaintiff a de facto spouse of deceased at time of death - Whether dependent on deceased.

[SUCCESSION] - Family Provision - Limitation of actions - Extension of time - Whether extension ought to be given - Succession Act 2006, s 58.

[PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE] - Commencement of action - Amendment of originating process - Where summons made no claim for family provision - Where amended summons made such claim - Whether amendment dated from date of commencement of action or from date of amendment - Civil Procedure Act 2005, ss 64 and 65. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Family Provision Act 1982 Interpretation Act 1987 Succession Act 2006 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Andrew v Andrew (2012) 81 NSWLR 656 Ball v Newey (1988) 13 NSWLR 489 Benney v Jones (1991) 23 NSWLR 559 Churton v Christian (1988) 13 NSWLR 241 Re Fulop (1987) 8 NSWLR 679 Permanent Trustee Company Limited v Fraser (1995) 36 NSWLR 24 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Tung Thanh Vo (Plaintiff) Minh Ngoc Thi Lai (First Defendant) Margaret Baotran Lu (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: TT Vo (Plaintiff) (self-represented) LE Judge (Defendants) Solicitors: Teece Hodgson & Ward (Defendants) File Number(s): 2011/348903 Publication restriction: Nil