Bruce v Cobcroft (No 4) [2015] NSWSC 1897

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Bruce v Cobcroft (No 4) [2015] NSWSC 1897 Hearing dates: 25 September 2015 Date of orders: 17 December 2015 Decision date: 17 December 2015 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Young AJA Decision: 1. Will construed.

2. The Summons filed on 12 February 2015 in 2015/42258, for orders under Succession Act, be dismissed as unnecessary with no order as to costs.

3. Orders in accordance with Short Minutes of Order.

4. Grants liberty, in each case, to apply

5. The exhibits may be returned after 28 days from 18 January 2016. Catchwords: WILL CONSTRUCTION – Which beneficiary takes shares in private company – Turns on own facts

COSTS – Whether to be borne by the residual estate or otherwise Legislation Cited: Probate and Administration Act 1898 (NSW), s 46C Cases Cited: Adam v Mullen (Supreme Court (NSW), Holland J, 15 December 1976, unrep) Bruce v Cobcroft No 3 [2015] NSWSC 1414 Cobcroft v Bruce [2013] NSWSC 774; (2013) 9 ASTLR 397 Hendry v Perpetual Executors & Trustees Association of Australia Ltd [1961] HCA 44; 106 CLR 256 Re Cobcroft [2015] NSWSC 346 Category: Consequential orders (other than Costs) Parties: 2013/373067: Robert Ritchie Bruce (Plaintiff) Nicklas William Baxter Cobcroft; David Gavin Baxter Cobcroft; Robert Charley; Helen Foote; Carole Byrnes; Peter Brown; Jennifer Menzies Cobcroft; Parraweena Pty Limited; Parraweena Highlands Pty Limited; Daisy Evelyn Cobcroft; Jasper Nicklas William Cobcroft; Hermione Fiona Cobcroft; Benjamin William Baxter Cobcroft; Amanda Jane Cadwallader Cobcroft; Teya Ellie Cobcroft (first to fifteenth Defendants)