McIntyre v O’Regan [2015] NSWSC 1985

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: McIntyre v O'Regan [2015] NSWSC 1985 Hearing dates: 10 and 11 December 2015 Decision date: 24 December 2015 Jurisdiction: Equity - Family Provision List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Plaintiffs' claims to be dismissed Catchwords: FAMILY PROVISION – claim by adult children against estate of mother – mother made gifts to the proprietor of a complementary healing and training association and to a friend and carer immediately before her death – will made at that time left a little under half her estate to her children and the balance to the proprietor of that association – whether adequate provision made for the children – whether further provision should be made Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW) Property (Relationships) Act 1984 (NSW) Cases Cited: Andrew v Andrew [2012] NSWCA 308 Ciric v Ciric [2015] NSWSC 313 Friend v Brien [2014] NSWSC 613 Gersbach v Blake [2011] NSWSC 368 Gorton v Parks (1989) 17 NSWLR 1 Keep v Bourke [2012] NSWCA 64 Lajcarova v Todorov [2011] NSWSC 522 Manuel v Lane [2013] NSWCA 61 McKenzie v Topp [2004] VSC 90 Nowak v Beska [2013] NSWSC 166 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 Salmon v Osmond [2015] NSWCA 42 Singer v Berghouse (No 2) [1994] HCA 40 Verzar v Verzar [2014] NSWCA 45 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Sarah McIntyre (First Plaintiff) Seth McIntyre (Second Plaintiff) Serryn O'Regan (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: K Morrissey with L Clarke (Plaintiffs) T Catanzariti (Defendant)