Lana Clarice Photios as Executor of the Estate of Henry Basil Photios & Anor v David Peter Photios [2018] NSWSC 1414

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lana Clarice Photios as Executor of the Estate of Henry Basil Photios & Anor v David Peter Photios [2018] NSWSC 1414 Hearing dates: 7 September 2018 Date of orders: 20 September 2018 Decision date: 20 September 2018 Jurisdiction: Equity - Applications List Before: Rees J Decision: Application to further amend the Amended Cross Claim. Leave refused. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Cross-claims – defendant's application to further amend cross-claim – limits on power to amend – delay by cross-claimant – prejudice to cross-defendant – whether prima facie case established – leave to amend refused.

SUCCESSION – wills, probate and administration – probate and letters of administration – revocation of grant in common form – limits on revocation of grant – delay by party seeking revocation – acquiescence to earlier grant – discretion of the Court. Legislation Cited: Probate and Administration Act 1898, ss 40D, 81, 90, 91 Succession Act 2006 Cases Cited: Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175 Banks v Goodfellow (1870) LR 5 QB 549 Bramston v Morris (Unreported, NSWSC, 20 August 1993, Powell J) Carr v Homersham [2018] NSWCA 65 Estate Cockell; Cole v Paisley [2016] NSWSC 349 Dickman v Holley; Estate of Simpson [2013] NSWSC18 Estate Kouvakas; Lucas v Konakas [2014] NSWSC 786 General Steel Industries Inc. v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) (1964) 112 CLR 125 Re Estate of Griffith (dec'd); Easter v Griffith (1995) 217 ALR 284 Tobin v Ezekiel (2012) 83 NSWLR 757 Category: Consequential orders (other than Costs) Parties: First Plaintiff/Cross Defendant: Lana Clarice Photios in her capacity as the Executor of the Estate of the late Henry Basil Photios Second Plaintiff: Photios SFT Pty Ltd (ACN 103490142) as trustee of the Photios Bros Pty Ltd Superannuation Fund Defendant/Cross Claimant: David Peter Photios Representation: Counsel: Plaintiffs/Cross Defendants: J.A. Trebeck Defendant/Cross Claimant: M.W. Sneddon