NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Larkin v Leech-Larkin [2017] NSWSC 1418 Hearing dates: 19, 20, 21 July 2017; final written submissions received 14 August 2017 Date of orders: 20 October 2017 Decision date: 20 October 2017 Jurisdiction: Equity - Family Provision List Before: Parker J Decision: Proceedings dismissed Catchwords: Succession – family provision – estate left to son of deceased – plaintiff older son of deceased – mature and independent adult – no provision made for plaintiff – plaintiff estranged from deceased – unreasonableness of deceased's attitude towards plaintiff – beneficiary's contribution to assets and welfare of deceased – beneficiary's expectation of inheriting property – financial mismanagement – whether provision for plaintiff is "proper" Legislation Cited: Succession Act 2006 (NSW), ss 57(1)(c), 59(1)(c), 59(2) Cases Cited: Bruce v Greentree [2015] NSWSC 1611 Evans v Braddock [2015] NSWSC 249 Kohari v NSW Trustee and Guardian (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 1080 Slack v Rogan; Palffy v Rogan (2013) 85 NSWLR 253; [2013] NSWSC 522 Stott v Cook (1960) 33 ALJR 447 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Julian Dee Larkin (Plaintiff) Lucien Francesco Leech-Larkin (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: MB Evans (Plaintiff) TJ Morahan (Defendant)
Solicitors: Cohen & Krass (Plaintiff) MH Peoples & Co (Defendant) File Number(s): 2016/54177 Publication restriction: Nil
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