The Estate of Kati Tsilfidis; Stavrakakis v Tsilfidis [2015] NSWSC 1720

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The Estate of Kati Tsilfidis; Stavrakakis v Tsilfidis [2015] NSWSC 1720 Hearing dates: 9-12 November 2015 Decision date: 18 November 2015 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Stevenson J Decision: Subject to compliance with the rules of Court, letters of administration of the deceased's will of 16 November 2012 annexed to be granted to the administrator of the estate in proceedings 2014/33859.

Provision to be made for the maintenance and advancement of the plaintiff in proceedings 2014/289443. Catchwords: WILLS AND ESTATES – whether deceased had testamentary capacity – whether she knew and approved of contents of the will – whether she executed will under undue influence; WILLS AND ESTATES – family provision – adult child of deceased – will left all of estate to other adult child – such provision not adequate – nature of further provision to be made Legislation Cited: Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW) Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW) NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009 (NSW) Succession Act 2006 (NSW) Property (Relationships) Act 1984 (NSW) Cases Cited: Andrew v Andrew [2012] NSWCA 308 Banks v Goodfellow (1870) LR5QB 549 Barry v Butlin (1838) 2 Moo PC 480; 12 ER 1089 Boyse v Rossborough (1857) 6 HL Cas 2; 10 ER 1192 Ciric v Ciric [2015] NSWSC 313 Craig v Lamoureux [1920] AC 349 Estate of George Aeneas McDonald; Howard v The Sydney Children's Hospital Network (Randwick & Westmead) [2015] NSWSC 1610 Gersbach v Blake [2011] NSWSC 368 Gorton v Parks (1989) 17 NSWLR 1 Keep v Bourke [2012] NSWCA 64 King v Hudson [2009] NSWSC 1013 Lajcarova v Todorov [2011] NSWSC 522 Manuel v Lane [2013] NSWCA 61 McKenzie v Topp [2004] VSC 90 Nowak v Beska [2013] NSWSC 166 Petrovski v Nasev; The Estate of Janakievska [2011] NSWSC 1275 Phillips v James [2014] NSWCA 4; 85 NSWLR 619 Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith v Scales [1962] HCA 19; 107 CLR 9 Promethean Investments Pty Ltd v Tsilfidis [2014] NSWSC 1049 Re Eger; Heilprin v Eger (Supreme Court (NSW), 4 February 1985, unrep) Salmon v Osmond [2015] NSWCA 42 Singer v Berghouse (No 2) [1994] HCA 40; 181 CLR 201 Tobin v Ezekiel [2012] NSWCA 285; 83 NSWLR 757 Verzar v Verzar [2014] NSWCA 45 Texts Cited: I J Hardingham, M A Neave and H A J Ford, Wills and Intestacy in Australia and New Zealand, (2nd ed 1989, Lawbook Co.) Category: Principal judgment Parties: In 2014/33859: Paul Tsilfidis (Plaintiff) Sofia Stavrakakis (Defendant)