Hinderry v Hinderry [2016] NSWSC 780

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hinderry v Hinderry [2016] NSWSC 780 Hearing dates: 18, 19 and 25 May 2016 Date of orders: 20 June 2016 Decision date: 20 June 2016 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Hallen J Decision: Orders that the Plaintiff's Summons be dismissed.

Orders that any argument as to costs of the proceeding and how those costs are to be borne, be listed on a date to be arranged when these reasons are published. Catchwords: SUCCESSION - FAMILY PROVISION - The Plaintiff, the adopted son of the deceased, applies for a family provision order under Chapter 3 of the Succession Act 2006 - The Defendants are executors appointed under the Will to whom Probate granted - Provision for the Plaintiff made in the Will – Estate not small - Only one competing financial claimant although three beneficiaries, other than Plaintiff, named in the Will – Conduct of the Plaintiff towards the deceased for some years prior to death involving physical and verbal assaults and breaches of AVOs obtained by the deceased against him - Whether adequate and proper provision not made in Will of the deceased for the Plaintiff and, if so, the nature and quantum of the provision to be made. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW) Probate Administration Act 1898 (NSW) Succession Act 2006 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Andrew v Andrew [2012] NSWCA 308 Baird v Harris [2015] NSWSC 803 Bartlett v Coomber [2008] NSWCA 100 Boettcher v Driscoll [2014] SASC 86; (2014) 119 SASR 523 Bondelmonte v Blanckensee [1989] WAR 305 Bosch v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd [1938] AC 463 Bowditch v NSW Trustee and Guardian [2012] NSWSC 275 Burke v Burke [2015] NSWCA 195 Cairns v Cairns [2006] NSWSC 364 Chapple v Wilcox [2014] NSWCA 392 at [25] – [26] Christie v Manera [2006] WASC 287 Collicoat v McMillan [1999] 3 VR 803 Collins v McGain [2003] NSWCA 190 Crossman v Riedel [2004] ACTSC 127 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) 2 ASTLR 89 Edgar v Public Trustee for the Northern Territory [2011] NTSC 5 Foley v Ellis [2008] NSWCA 288 Fulton v Fulton [2014] NSWSC 619 Gardiner v Gardiner (Supreme Court (NSW), Santow J, 28 May 1998, unrep) Goodman v Windeyer [1980] HCA 31; (1980) 144 CLR 490 Goodsell v Wellington [2011] NSWSC 1232 Gorton v Parks (1989) 17 NSWLR 1 Green v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Hodgson J, 10 July 1985, unrep) Grey v Harrison [1997] 2 VR 359 Hampson v Hampson [2010] NSWCA 359 Hawkins v Prestage (1989) 1 WAR 37 Henry v Hancock [2016] NSWSC 71 Hughes v National Trustees Executors and Agency Co of Australasia Ltd [1979] HCA 2; (1979) 143 CLR 134 Hunter v Hunter (1987) 8 NSWLR 573 Hyland v Burbidge [2000] NSWSC 12 In the Estate of Puckridge, Deceased (1978) 20 SASR 72 In Re the Will of F B Gilbert deceased (1946) 46 SR NSW 318 Kay v Archbold [2008] NSWSC 254 Kleinig v Neal (No 2) [1981] 2 NSWLR 532 Kohari v Snow [2013] NSWSC 452 Liu v The Age Company Limited [2016] NSWCA 115 MacGregor v MacGregor [2003] WASC 169 Magjarraj v Asteron Life Ltd [2009] NSWSC 1433 Magjarraj v Asteron Life Ltd [2010] NSWCA 207 Manuel v Lane [2013] NSWCA 61 Marks v Marks [2003] WASCA 297 Matthews v Wear [2011] NSWSC 1145 Mayfield v Lloyd-Williams [2004] NSWSC 419 McCosker v McCosker [1957] HCA 82; (1957) 97 CLR 566 McGrath v Eves [2005] NSWSC 1006 McKenzie v Topp [2004] VSC 90 McLean v Public Trustee [2001] NSWSC 970 Michael Bienke v Brian Bienke; Estate of the late Harold Bienke [2002] NSWSC 804 Palagiano v Mankarios [2011] NSWSC 61 Pang v Fong [2014] NSWSC 1425 Phillips v James [2014] NSWCA 4 Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith v Scales [1962] HCA 19; (1962) 107 CLR 9 R v Turner [1975] QB 834 R (on the application of M) v Slough Borough Council [2008] UKHL 52; [2008] 1 WLR 1808 Rappard v Williams [2013] NSWSC 1279 Re Buckland, Deceased [1966] VR 404 Re Smith (Deceased) (1991) 8 FRNZ 459 Russell Caldar v Public Trustee of NSW (Supreme Court, 27 October 2004, Master McLaughlin, unrep) Salmon v Osmond [2015] NSWCA 42 Sammut v Kleemann [2012] NSWSC 1030 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 Singer v Berghouse [1994] HCA 40; (1994) 181 CLR 201 Slack v Rogan; Palffy v Rogan [2013] NSWSC 522; (2013) 85 NSWLR 253 Smith v Johnson [2015] NSWCA 297 Stern v Sekers; Sekers v Sekers [2010] NSWSC 59 Stott v Cook (1960) 33 ALJR 447 Szypica v O'Beirne [2013] NSWSC 297 Taylor v Farrugia [2009] NSWSC 801 Verzar v Verzar [2012] NSWSC 1380 Vigolo v Bostin [2005] HCA 11; (2005) 221 CLR 191 Walker v Walker (Supreme Court (NSW), Young J, 17 May 1996, unrep) West v France [2010] NSWSC 845 Wheatley v Wheatley [2006] NSWCA 262 Wilcox v Wilcox [2012] NSWSC 1138 Williams v Aucutt [2000] 2 NZLR 479 Texts Cited: 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 Katheryn Katz, "Elder Abuse" (1980) 18 Journal of Family Law Category: Principal judgment Parties: Michael George Hinderry (Plaintiff) Tony Hinderry (first Defendant) Charlie Semaan (second Defendant) Simon Semaan (third Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr L Ellison SC (Plaintiff) Mr J Brown (Plaintiff) (3rd day) Mr M Meek SC (first Defendant) Mr G Barter (second and third Defendants)