The Estate of Juliana Voros; Cooney & Ors v Cherry [2016] NSWSC 1603

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The Estate of Juliana Voros; Cooney & Ors v Cherry [2016] NSWSC 1603 Hearing dates: 11 and 13 October 2016 Date of orders: 15 November 2016 Decision date: 15 November 2016 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Hallen J Decision: Order that Probate in common form of the Will dated 15 November 2007, granted by the Court on 21 April 2015 to the first Plaintiff, be revoked.

Order that the Statement of Claim be dismissed.

Order that Probate in common form of the Will dated 9 June 2006, granted by the Court on 16 November 2012 to John Collins, be revoked and that Probate in solemn form of that Will be granted to the Defendant, as executor by representation of John Collins, the executor named in that Will.

Order that the matter be referred to the Senior Deputy Registrar in Probate to complete the grant.

Order that the Cross-Claim otherwise be dismissed.

Order that there be no order as to costs to the intent that each party will pay their, or his, own costs, respectively, of the proceedings.

Order that the original Probates lodged with the Court and marked as Ex. A and Ex. 1, respectively, are to remain with the Court papers. Catchwords: SUCCESSION – WILLS PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION – Probate granted of two different Wills of deceased - Application for the revocation of each grant of probate – No dispute as to validity of earlier Will of the deceased - Whether revoked by later Will – Whether later Will a valid Will – Whether the signatures alleged to be that of the deceased on later Will were forged - Whether deceased knew and approved contents of the later Will – Court not satisfied of validity of the later Will. Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Imperial Acts Application Act 1969 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bailey v Bailey (1924) 34 CLR 558 Burnside v Mulgrew; Re the Estate of Doris Grabrovaz [2007] NSWSC 550 Chiu Man Fu v Chiu Chung Kwan Ying [2012] HKCFI 82 Cicek v Estate of late Solomon [2014] NSWCA 278 Dickman v Holley; Estate of Simpson [2013] NSWSC 18 Downes v Maxwell Richard Rhys & Co Pty Ltd (in liq) (2014) 46 VR 283; [2014] VSCA 193 Duong v Vo [2009] WASC 210 ERS Engines Pty Ltd v Wilson (1994) 35 NSWLR 193 Estate Cockell; Cole v Paisley [2016] NSWSC 349 Fuller v Strum [2002] 1 WLR 1097 (CA) Gill v Woodall [2010] EWCA Civ 1430; [2011] Ch 380 Hoff v Atherton [2005] WTLR 99 In re R (dec'd) [1950] 2 All ER 117 Leona Johnson (Deceased) [2015] SASC 51 MacPherson v R (1981) 147 CLR 512; [1981] HCA 46 McGrath v Troy [2010] NSWSC 1470 McKinnon v Voigt [1998] 3 VR 543 Nock v Austin (1918) 25 CLR 519; [1918] HCA 73 Ortner v Mewjork - Estate of Shing [2009] NSWSC 1381 Perrins v Holland [2009] EWHC 1945 Rajski v Scitec Corporation Pty Ltd (Court of Appeal (NSW), 16 June 1986, unrep) Re Gardiner [2016] VSC 541 Re Griffith; Easter v Griffith (1995) 217 ALR 284 Re Hodges; Shorter v Hodges (1988) 14 NSWLR 698 Re Kilby & Ors [2016] NSWSC 1433 Re Martin; MacGregor v. Ryan [1965] S.C.R. 757 Re McQuillan [2016] VSC 647 Sarat Kumari Bibi v Sakhi Chand Bahadur [1928] UKPC 98 Simon v Byford [2014] EWCA Civ 280 Sullivan v Mouglalis; Wilson v Mouglalis - Estate Late Willem Wyma [2008] NSWSC 1326 The Estate Kouvakas; Lucas v Konakas [2014] NSWSC 786 Thompson v Bella-Lewis [1997] 1 Qd R 429; [1996] QCA 27 Tobin v Ezekiel (2012) 83 NSWLR 757; [2012] NSWCA 285 Tomasevic v Travaglini (2007) 17 VR 100; [2007] VSC 337 Tyrrell v Painton [1894] P 151 Zahra v Francica [2009] NSWSC 1206 Texts Cited: Williams, Mortimer & Sunnucks, Executors, Administrators and Probate (20th ed) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Cassandra Nicole Cooney, Kylie Mair, Danielle Voros, Christopher Voros, and Tayla Voros (Plaintiffs)