Calokerinos, Executor of the Estate of the late George Sclavos v Yesilhat; Yesilhat v Calokerinos, Executor of the Estate of the late George Sclavos (No. 2) [2019] NSWSC 584

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Calokerinos, Executor of the Estate of the late George Sclavos v Yesilhat; Yesilhat v Calokerinos, Executor of the Estate of the late George Sclavos (No. 2) [2019] NSWSC 584 Hearing dates: 17 August, 24 October & 13 December 2017, 26 March & 18 June 2018 Date of orders: 22 May 2019 Decision date: 22 May 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Slattery J Decision: See paragraph [293] – [297] Catchwords: RELIEF HEARING – contest concerning consequential orders after a principal judgment – Court declines an application to revoke a grant of probate to the defendant and dismisses the plaintiff's claim for provision out of the deceased's estate under Succession Act 2006, s 57 – plaintiff ordered to repay monies the deceased advanced to the plaintiff before the deceased's death and to repay other monies removed from the deceased's estate after the deceased's death – several consequential issues arise from the first judgment: (1) some preliminary issues; (2) whether any damages are payable to the estate by the plaintiff; (3) whether the additional parties to the debt/trust proceedings, Mr Gokan Yesilhat and the company Australia's Best Tyres Pty Limited, should also repay the loan monies the subject of existing findings against the plaintiff; (4) whether costs orders should be made against Mr Gokan Yesilhat and Australia's Best Tyres; and (5) whether orders for indemnity costs should be made against any party. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005, ss 98(1), 99 Family Provision Act 1982 Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014, Schedule 2, clause 5 Succession Act 2006, s 99(1) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 42.1 Cases Cited: A v N [2012] NSWSC 549; Chaina v Albaro Homes Pty Limited [2008] NSWCA 353 Barnes v Addy (1874) LR9ChApp 244 Bartkus v Bartkus [2010] NSWSC 889 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 Calokerinos, Executor of the Estate of the late George Sclavos v Yesilhat; Yesilhat v Calokerinos, Executor of the Estate of the late George Sclavos [2017] NSWSC 666 Castro v Hillery [2003] 1 Qd R 651 Chapple v Wilcox (2014) 87 NSWLR 646 De Feu (decd), Re [1964] VR 420 Degiorgio v Dunn (No. 2) (2005) 62 NSWLR 284 Degmam Pty Ltd (in liq) v Wright (No. 2) [1983] 2 NSWLR 354 El Ajou v Dollar Land Holdings PLC [1993] 3 All ER 717 Evans Shire Council v Richardson (No. 2) [2006] NSWCA 61 Equity 8 Pty Limited v Shaw Stockbroking Limited [2007] NSWSC 503 Harrison v Schipp [2001] NSWCA 13 Hazeldene's Chicken Farm Pty Ltd v Victorian WorkCover Authority (No. 2) (2005) 13 VR 435 Heperu Pty Limited v Belle (2009) 76 NSWLR 230 King Network Group Pty Limited v Club of the Clubs Pty Limited (No. 2) [2009] NSWCA 204 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 Lemoto v Able Technical Pty Ltd (2005) 63 NSWLR 300 McDougall v Rogers, Re; Estate of Rogers [2006] NSWSC 484 Medsara Pty Ltd v Sande [2005] NSWCA 40 Miwa Pty Ltd v Siantan Properties Pte Ltd (No. 2) [2011] NSWCA 344 Morse v Morse (No. 2) [2003] TASSC 145 Moussa v Moussa [2006] NSWSC 509 Myers v Elman (1940) AC 282 Nationwide News Pty Limited v Naidu (2007) 71 NSWLR 471 Ofria v Cameron (No. 2) [2008] NSWCA 242 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 589 Re Felicity: FN v Secretary, Department of Family & Community Services (No. 4) [2015] NSWCA 19 Rob Evans of Rob Evans and Associates v European Bank Limited (2004) 61 NSWLR 75 Rockcote Enterprises Pty Limited v FS Architects Pty Limited (No. 2) [2008] NSWCA 205 Rolls Royce Industrial Power (Pacific) Limited v James Hardy & Co Pty Limited (2001) 53 NSWLR 626 Sze Tu v Lowe [2014] NSWCA 462 Singer v Berghouse (1993) 114 ALR 521; [1993] HCA 35 South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service v King [2006] NSWCA 2 Vale v Eggins (No. 2) [2007] NSWCA 12 Yesilhat v Calokerinos [2015] NSWSC 1028. Texts Cited: J D Heydon and M J Leeming, Jacobs' Law of Trusts in Australia (8th ed, 2016, LexisNexis) Category: Consequential orders (other than Costs) Parties: 2013/358168 Plaintiff: Cleopatra Sclavos Calokerinos, as executor of the estate of the late George Sclavos First Defendant: Okan Yesilhat Second Defendant: Gokan Yesilhat Third Defendant: Australia's Best Tyres & Auto Pty Ltd ACN 151 629 131