Bovaird v Frost [2015] NSWSC 267

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Bovaird v Frost [2015] NSWSC 267 Hearing dates: 12 March 2015 Decision date: 20 March 2015 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Stevenson J Decision: Leave to amend granted in part; further discovery ordered Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – application for leave to amend Statement of Claim – whether proposed claims bound to fail – whether would be futile to grant leave – whether further discovery should be ordered Legislation Cited: Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) Cases Cited: Bovaird v Frost [2009] NSWSC 337 Bovaird v Frost [2009] NSWSC 917 Bovaird v Frost [2013] NSWCA 91 Bovaird v The Trustee of the Bankrupt Estate of Frost [2010] FCA 1159 Bovaird v The Trustee of the Bankrupt Estate of Frost (No 2) [2011] FCA 465 Bupa Care Services NZ Ltd v Gillibrand [2013] NZHC 2086 Frost v Bovaird [2012] FCAFC 60 Frost v Bovaird (No 2) [2012] FCAFC 69 In Re Tankard; Tankard v Midland Bank Executor and Trustee Company Limited [1942] 1 Ch 69 Meehan and Ors v Glazier Holdings Pty Ltd [2002] NSWCA 22; (2002) 54 NSWLR 146 Skaftouros v Dimos [2002] VSC 198 Wardley Australia Ltd v The State of Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 Texts Cited: Williams, Mortimer and Sunnucks, Executors, Administrators and Probate, (20th ed 2013, Sweet and Maxwell) Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Leon Lewis MacGillivray Bovaird as executor of the estate of the late Monica Catherine Bovaird (First Plaintiff) Leon Lewis MacGillivray Bovaird (Second Plaintiff) Alan Maxwell Frost (First Defendant) Diana Catherine Fallon (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M R Condon SC with P D Doyle Gray (Plaintiffs) N A Cotman SC with R J Carruthers (Defendants)