Patterson v Scott [2016] NSWSC 1477

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Patterson v Scott [2016] NSWSC 1477 Hearing dates: 10 October 2016 Date of orders: 10 October 2016 Decision date: 10 October 2016 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Hallen J Decision: Order that leave be granted to the Plaintiff to discontinue the proceedings, upon terms that he will not, without the leave of the Court, make any further application for a family provision order out of the estate or notional estate of the deceased. Order the Plaintiff to pay the costs of the Defendant of the application for costs from 14 September 2016; otherwise, makes no order as to the costs of either party to the intent that each will bear his, and her, own costs, respectively, of the proceedings. Catchwords: SUCCESSION - FAMILY PROVISION – DISCONTINUANCE OR DISMISSAL - COSTS - The Plaintiff, a person said to be the son of the deceased, applied for a family provision order under s 57(1)(c) of the Succession Act 2006 — Issue as to paternity - Defendant sought parentage testing – Plaintiff consents to participating – Testing reveals that Plaintiff not a child of the deceased – Plaintiff seeks to discontinue the proceedings as he accepts that he is not an eligible person – Defendant seeks dismissal of the proceedings – Issue as to how the burden of costs of the proceedings should be borne, there being no substantive hearing on the merits Legislation Cited: Succession Act 2006 (NSW) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Australiawide Airlines Ltd v Aspirion Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 365 Australian Securities Commission v Aust-Home Investments Ltd (1993) 44 FCR 194 Beeson v Carrello As Liquidator of Gecko Managment Pty Ltd (In Liq) [2010] WASCA 155 Bitannia Pty Ltd v Parkline Constructions Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 32 Chapple v Wilcox [2014] NSWCA 392 Edwards Madigan Torzillo Briggs Pty Ltd v Stack [2003] NSWCA 302 Foukkare v Angreb Pty Limited [2006] NSWCA 335 Fordyce v Fordham [2006] NSWCA 274; (2006) 67 NSWLR 497 Johnson v Clancy [2010] NSWSC 1301 JT Stratford & Son Ltd v Lindley (No 2) [1969] 1 WLR 1547 Jvancich v Kennedy (No 2) [2004] NSWCA 397 McCusker v Rutter [2010] NSWCA 318 Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622 Metro Chatswood Pty Ltd v CRI Chatswood Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1120 McClure v City of Stirling (No 3) [2009] WASC 247 Ohn v Walton (1995) 36 NSWLR 77 O'Neill v Mann [2000] FCA 1680 One.Tel Ltd v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (2000) 101 FCR 548 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Page v Page (No 2) [2016] NSWSC 1323 Pentroth Pty Ltd v Kirschild Pty Ltd (2006) 96 SASR 129 Perre v State of New South Wales [2009] NSWLEC 51 Stewart v Atco Controls Pty Ltd (in liq) (No 2) (2014) 252 CLR 331; [2014] HCA 31 Vale v Eggins (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 12 Category: Costs Parties: Linsay Janes Patterson (Plaintiff) Jennifer Louise Scott (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr P Wallis (Plaintiff) Mr A Hill (Defendant)