Dimic v Djekovic [2014] NSWSC 1502

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Dimic v Djekovic [2014] NSWSC 1502 Hearing dates: 20 October 2014 Decision date: 30 October 2014 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Hallen J Decision: Direct the parties, within 14 days, to bring in Short Minutes of Order consistent with, and reflecting, these reasons. Orders that the proceedings be stood over to a convenient date in order to make orders. Catchwords: SUCCESSION - FAMILY PROVISION - 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, the sole executor named in the Will of the deceased - Some provision made in the Will of the deceased for the Plaintiff - Whether family provision order should be made, and if so, the nature and quantum of the further provision to be made Legislation Cited: Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW) Probate and Administration Act 1898 (NSW) Statute Law Amendment Relationships Act 2001 (Vic) Succession Act 2006 (NSW) Succession Amendment (Family Provision) Act 2008 (NSW) 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 Anasson v Phillips (Supreme Court (NSW), Young J 4 March 1988, unrep) Aubrey v Kain [2014] NSWSC 15 Bartlett v Coomber [2008] NSWCA 100 Belfield v Belfield [2012] NSWSC 416 Bladwell v Davis 2004] NSWCA 170 Boettcher v Driscoll [2014] SASC 86 Bosch v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd [1938] AC 463 Buckland v Trustees Executors and Agency Co Limited (1966) 40 ALJR 164 Butcher v Craig [2009] WASC 164 Carega Properties SA (formerly Joram Developments Ltd) v Sharratt [1979] 2 All ER 1084; [1979] 1 WLR 928 Chen v Lu [2014] NSWSC 1053 Clifford v Mayr [2010] NSWCA 6 Collins v McGain [2003] NSWCA 190 Cooper v Dungan (1976) 50 ALJR 539 Court v Hunt (Supreme Court (NSW), Young J, 14 September 1987, unrep) Crisp v Burns Philp Trustee Company Ltd (Supreme Court (NSW), Holland J, 18 December 1979, unrep) 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 Gardiner v Gardiner (Supreme Court (NSW), Santow J, 28 May 1998, unrep) Janette Susan Gardiner v Raymond James Gardiner as Administrator of the Estate of the Late Dulcie Eva Gardiner [2014] NSWSC 435 Goodman v Windeyer (1980) 144 CLR 490 Goodsell v Wellington [2011] NSWSC 1232 Gorton v Parks (1989) 17 NSWLR 1 Grey v Harrison [1997] 2 VR 359 Hertzberg v Hertzberg [2003] NSWCA 3 Hyland v Burbidge [2000] NSWSC 12 In the Estate of the late Anthony Marras [2014] NSWSC 915 Kay v Archbold [2008] NSWSC 254 Kembrey v Cuskelly [2008] NSWSC 262 Langtry v Campbell (Supreme Court (NSW), Powell J, 7 March 1991, unrep) Luciano v Rosenblum (1985) 2 NSWLR 65 Marcuola-Bel Estate, Re; Marcuola-Bel v Thi Ly Tran [2005] NSWSC 1182 Lumb v McMillan [2007] NSWSC 386 Marshall v Carruthers [2002] NSWCA 47 Mayfield v Lloyd-Williams [2004] NSWSC 419 McCann v Ward & Burgess [2012] VSC 63 McCosker v McCosker [1957] HCA 82; (1957) 97 CLR 566 McKenzie v Topp [2004] VSC 90 Milillo v Konnecke [2009] NSWCA 109 O'Loughlin v O'Loughlin [2003] NSWCA 99 Palaganio v Mankarios [2011] NSWSC 61 Phillips v James [2014] NSWCA 4 Pogorelic v Banovich [2007] WASC 45 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 R (on the application of M) v Slough Borough Council [2008] UKHL 52; [2008] 1 WLR 1808 Re Buckland Deceased [1966] VR 404 Ross v Collins [1964] 1 All ER 861; [1964] 1 WLR 425 Sam Wardy v Gordon Salier; William Wardy v Gordon Salier; Hassiba Wardy v Estate of late Edmond Wadih Wardy, developer and Ch 3 of the Succession Act 2006 [2014] NSWSC 473 Schmidt v Watkins [2002] VSC 273 Sellers v Scrivenger [2010] VSC 320 Singer v Berghouse [1994] HCA 40; (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 (Supreme Court (NSW), Macready M, 16 December 1996, unrep) Stott v Cook (1960) 33 ALJR 447 Szypica v O'Beirne [2013] NSWSC 297 Taylor v Farrugia [2009] NSWSC 801 Tobin v Ezekiel [2012] NSWCA 285 Verzar v Verzar [2012] NSWSC 1380 Verzar v Verzar [2014] NSWSCA 45 Vidler v Ivimey [2013] NSWSC 1605 Vigolo v Bostin (2005) 221 CLR 191 Walker v Walker (Supreme Court (NSW), Young J, 17 May 1996, unrep) West v France [2010] NSWSC 845 West v Mann [2013] NSWSC 1852 White v Barron [1980] HCA 14; (1980) 144 CLR 431 Wilcox v Wilcox [2012] NSWSC 1138 Texts Cited: J D Heydon and M J Leeming, Jacobs' Law of Trusts in Australia (7th ed, 2006, LexisNexis Butterworths) L G Handler and R Neal, Mason and Handler's Succession Law and Practice in New South Wales (1985, LexisNexis Butterworths) Rosalind Atherton, 'The Concept of Moral Duty in the Law of Family Provision - a Gloss or Critical Understanding?' (1999) 5 Australian Journal of Legal History 5 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Zagorka Dimic (Plaintiff) Milan Djekovic (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr L Ellison SC (Plaintiff) Mr B Skinner (Defendant) Solicitors: Hicksons (Plaintiff) Djekovic, Hearne & Walker (Defendant) File Number(s): 2013/192350