Valverde v Inch [2018] NSWSC 366

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Valverde v Inch [2018] NSWSC 366 Hearing dates: 19 and 20 October 2017 together with Written Submissions; 3 May and 14 June 2018 Decision date: 24 April 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Lindsay J Decision: A Separate Question determined in favour of the plaintiff. Catchwords: LAND LAW – Co-ownership – Nature of joint tenancy – Contrast with office of co-executors of deceased estate SUCCESSION – Executors and administrators – Co-executors – Nature of office – "Joint tenants" without right of survivorship. Legislation Cited: Conveyancing Act 1919 NSW Limitation Act 1969 NSW Marriage Act 1961Cth Powers of Attorney Act 2003 NSW Probate and Administration Act 1898 NSW Real Property Act 1900 NSW Trustee Act 1925 NSW Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 NSW Wills Probate and Administration Act 1898 NSW Cases Cited: Breskvar v Wall (1971) 126 CLR 376. Commissioner of Stamp Duties (Qld) v Livingston [1965] AC 694 at 707-708 and 717 Ford v Simes [2009] NSWCA 351 at [36]-[51]; Consolidated Development Pty Limited v Holt (1986) 6 NSWLR 607 at 615. Frazer v Walker [1967] 1 AC 569

Hircock v Windsor Homes (Development No. 3) Pty Ltd [1979] 1 NSWLR 501 In re Selous; Thomson v Selous [1901] 1 Ch 921 Joliffe v Fera [1973] 2 NSWLR 702 Lindsay Petroleum Co v Hurd (1874) LR 5 PC 221 Pagels v Macdonald (1936) 54 CLR 519 Smith v Smith [2017] NSWSC 408 Spark v Meers [1971] 2 NSWLR 1 Union Bank of Australia v Harrison, Jones and Devlin Limited (1910) 11 CLR 492 Texts Cited: BA Helmore, The Law of Real Property in New South Wales (Law Book Co, Australia, 2nd edition, 1966), page 268 RS Geddes, CJ Rowland and P Studdert, Wills, Probate and Administration in New South Wales (Law Book Co. Sydney, 1996), pages 405-410 Dal Pont and KF Mackie, Law of Succession (Lexis Nexis Butterworths, Australia, 2013), paragraph [10.46] Meagher, Gummow and Lehane's Equity: Doctrines and Remedies (5th ed, 2015, by JD Heydon, MJ Leeming, and P&G Turner Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff: Aurea Valverde First Defendant: Jocelyn Patricia Anne Inch in her capacity as a representative of the Estate of the Late Cecil Inch Second Defendant: Jocelyn Patricia Anne Inch in her personal capacity Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: EW Young Defendant(s): M Lawson