Page v Page [2017] NSWCA 141

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Page v Page [2017] NSWCA 141 Hearing dates: 30 May 2017 Decision date: 22 June 2017 Before: Basten JA at [1]; Leeming JA at [22]; Sackville AJA at [49] Decision: 1. Appeal dismissed. 2. Appellant to pay the respondent's costs. Catchwords: Family provision claim by younger brother of the deceased – whether the brother was "partly dependent" on the deceased within the meaning of s 57(1)(e) of the Succession Act 2006 (NSW) where both once lived in the same household as their mother – whether the primary Judge erred in finding there were no factors warranting the making of the application for the purposes of s 59(1)(b) of the Succession Act 2006 (NSW) – whether allegations of historic sexual abuse by the deceased could be a factor warranting the application Legislation Cited: Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW), ss 6, 9 Succession Act 2006 (NSW), ss 57(1), 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, Pt 3.2, Pt 3.3 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), ss 75A, 101

Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 51.53 Cases Cited: Aafjes v Kearney (1976) 180 CLR 199; [1976] HCA 5 Alexander v Jansson [2010] NSWCA 176; 6 ASTLR 432 Andrew v Andrew (2012) 81 NSWLR 656; [2012] NSWCA 308 Ball v Newey (1988) 13 NSWLR 489 Barns v Barns (2003) 214 CLR 169; [2003] HCA 9 Bayssari v Bazouni [2014] NSWSC 910 Burge v Burge [2015] NSWCA 289 Churton v Christian (1988) 13 NSWLR 241 Costa v The Public Trustee of NSW [2008] NSWCA 223 Diver v Neal [2009] NSWCA 54; 2 ASTLR 89 Holmes v Permanent Trustee Co of New South Wales Ltd (1932) 47 CLR 113; [1932] HCA 1 House v The King (1936) 55 CLR 499; [1936] HCA 40 Hurst v Public Trustee [2000] NSWSC 1109 Jones (A pseudonym) v Smith (A pseudonym) [2016] VSCA 178 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534 McKenzie v Baddeley [1991] NSWCA 197 Middleton v Kiama District Hospital [1970] 3 NSWR 136 Norbis v Norbis (1986) 161 CLR 513 Norris v Routley; Routley v Norris [2016] NSWCA 367 Page v Page [2016] NSWSC 1218 Page v Page [No 2] [2016] NSWSC 1323 Petrohilos v Hunter (1991) 25 NSWLR 343 Re Fulop Deceased (1987) 8 NSWLR 679 Sanderson as Liquidator of Sakr Nominees Pty Ltd (in liquidation) v Sakr [2017] NSWCA 38 Saravinovski v Saravinovska [2017] NSWCA 85 Sassoon v Rose [2013] NSWCA 220 Singer v Berghouse (1994) 181 CLR 201; [1994] HCA 40 Somogy v Kune [1999] NSWSC 1168 Tobin v Ezekiel (2012) 83 NSWLR 757; [2012] NSWCA 285 Tullamore Bowling & Citizens Club Ltd v Lander [1984] 2 NSWLR 32 Warren v Coombes (1979) 142 CLR 531 Texts Cited: Testator's Family Maintenance and Guardianship of Infants Act, 1916 (New South Wales Law Reform Commission, Report 28, 1977) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Warren Page (Appellant) Patricia Page (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr IR Coleman SC / Ms L Clarke (Appellant) Mr RD Wilson SC / Mr PG Bolster (Respondent)