Saba v Saba [2016] NSWSC 1576

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Saba v Saba [2016] NSWSC 1576 Hearing dates: 19 October 2016; further submissions 24 and 31 October 2016 Decision date: 08 November 2016 Jurisdiction: Equity - Family Provision List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Further provision of $150,000 to be made Catchwords: FAMILY PROVISION – where deceased left modest pecuniary legacies to his daughters and divided balance of estate equally between his sons – where plaintiff daughter played major role in the care of the deceased in his later years – whether adequate provision made for daughter's proper maintenance and benefit – whether further provision should be made Legislation Cited: Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW) Property (Relationships) Act 1984 (NSW) Succession Act 2006 (NSW) Cases Cited: Andrew v Andrew (2012) 81 NSWLR 656; NSWCA 308 Bondelmonte v Blanckensee [1989] WAR 305 Ciric v Ciric [2015] NSWSC 313 Gersbach v Blake [2011] NSWSC 368 Gorton v Parks (1989) 17 NSWLR 1 Hawkins v Prestage (1989) 1 WAR 37 Keep v Bourke [2012] NSWCA 64 Kleinig v Neal (No 2) [1981] 2 NSWLR 532 Lajcarova v Todorov [2011] NSWSC 522 Manuel v Lane [2013] NSWCA 61 McCosker v McCosker (1957) 97 CLR 566 McGrath v Eves [2005] NSWSC 1006 McKenzie v Topp [2004] VSC 90 Nowak v Beska [2013] NSWSC 166 Phillips v James (2014) 85 NSWLR 619; NSWCA 4 Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith v Scales (1962) 107 CLR 9; HCA 19 Salmon v Osmond [2015] NSWCA 42 Singer v Berghouse (No 2) (1994) 181 CLR 201; HCA 40 Stern v Sekers; Sekers v Sekers [2010] NSWSC 59 Taylor v Farrugia [2009] NSWSC 801 Verzar v Verzar [2014] NSWCA 45 Walker v Walker (Supreme Court (NSW), Young J, 17 May 1996, unrep) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Judy Saba (Plaintiff) Peter Saba (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: A G Rogers (Plaintiff) A Power (Defendant)