Colin Douglas Cameron v Eileen Miriam Jeffress [2013] NSWSC 1754

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Colin Douglas Cameron v Eileen Miriam Jeffress [2013] NSWSC 1754 Hearing dates: 15 November 2013 Decision date: 15 November 2013 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Kunc J Decision: Direction to allow expert evidence refused Catchwords: TRUSTS AND TRUSTEES - Application for advice as to proper construction of will - Whether direction should be given to permit expert evidence of taxation consequences of different constructions EVIDENCE - Expert opinion - Application for direction to allow plaintiffs to adduce expert evidence of Australian taxation law Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Trustee Act 1925 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Attard & Others v James Legal Pty Limited & Another (2010) 80 ACSR 585 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Colin Douglas Cameron (First Plaintiff), Godfrey James Martin (Second Plaintiff), John Francis O'Connor (Third Plaintiff), Eileen Miriam Jeffress (First Defendant), Lesley Ann Davidson (Second Defendant), Robert Ian Jeffress (Third Defendant), Gabrielle Davidson (Fourth Defendant), Dylan Robert Langton Collins (Fifth Defendant), Michael James Cormack Davidson (Sixth Defendant), Clare Hazel Rose Davidson (Seventh Defendant), Jack E Jeffress (Eighth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr M. Heraghty (Plaintiffs) Mr M. Boyd (First Defendant), Mr C.M. Harris SC (Second Defendant), Mr D.K.L. Raphael (Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Defendants) Solicitors: Schurgott Noolan Pty Limited (Plaintiffs) Wight & Strickland (First Defendant) Diamond Conway (Second Defendant) Penhall & Co (Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Defendants) File Number(s): 2013/167453 Publication restriction: No