Pilotto v Cosoleto; Papi & Papi v Cosoleto and Cosoleto v Cosoleto [2019] NSWSC 1454

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Pilotto v Cosoleto; Papi & Papi v Cosoleto and Cosoleto v Cosoleto [2019] NSWSC 1454 Hearing dates: 19 – 22 August 2019 Date of orders: 22 August 2019 Decision date: 22 August 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Hallen J Decision: See Paragraphs [327] – [329] Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Hearings – Order that proceedings be heard together – Three separate proceedings, each seeking a family provision order out of the same estate – Because of late commencement of the third proceedings parties do not all agree that the three proceedings should be heard consecutively, with the evidence in one being evidence in the other – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 28.5 – All proceedings involve "a common question" and it is otherwise "desirable to make an order" under the rule

SUCCESSION – Family Provision – Four different Plaintiffs, a former de facto partner, a previous former de facto partner, a daughter, and a grandson, of the deceased, apply, in different proceedings, for a family provision order under Chapter 3 of the Succession Act 2006 (NSW) – The Defendant is the executor of the Will of the deceased – The son of the deceased (who is the father of the grandson) is the sole beneficiary named in Will – No provision made for each Plaintiff – Estate of moderately large value – Whether adequate and proper provision not made in Will of the deceased for each Plaintiff and if so the nature and quantum of the provision to be made

SUCCESSION – Family Provision – Grandson's claim out of time – Proceedings commenced three working days before hearing – Extension of time for the making of the application required in respect of the grandson's claim – Parties to the proceedings consent to the application being made out of time pursuant to s 58(2) of the Succession Act­ Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Probate and Administration Act 1898 (NSW) Succession Act 2006 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Andrew v Andrew (2012) 81 NSWLR 656; [2012] NSWCA 308 Aon Risk Services Australia Ltd v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175; [2009] HCA 27 Bkassini v Sarkis [2017] NSWSC 1487 Boettcher v Driscoll (2014) 119 SASR 523; [2014] SASC 86 Bondelmonte v Blanckensee [1989] WAR 305 Borebor v Keane (2013) 11 ASTLR 96; [2013] VSC 35 Bosch v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd [1938] AC 463 Bouttell v Rapisarda [2014] NSWSC 1192 Bowditch v NSW Trustee and Guardian [2012] NSWSC 275 Bowyer v Wood (2007) 99 SASR 190; [2007] SASC 327 Burke v Burke (2015) 13 ASTLR 313; [2015] NSWCA 195 Butcher v Craig [2009] WASC 164 Carey v Robson (No 2) [2009] NSWSC 1199 Chan v Chan (2016) 15 ASTLR 317; [2016] NSWCA 222 Chapple v Wilcox (2014) 87 NSWLR 646; [2014] NSWCA 392 Charlwood v Charlwood [2017] NSWSC 1033 Christie v Manera [2006] WASC 287 City of Sydney Council v Satara [2007] NSWCA 148 Condello v Kim [2018] NSWSC 394 Crossman v Riedel [2004] ACTSC 127 de Angelis v de Angelis [2003] VSC 432 Devereaux-Warnes v Hall (No 3) (2007) 35 WAR 127; [2007] WASCA 235 Diver v Neal [2009] NSWCA 54 Foley v Ellis [2008] NSWCA 288 Forsyth v Sinclair (No 2) (2010) 28 VR 635; [2010] VSCA 195 Gardiner v Gardiner (Supreme Court (NSW), Santow J, 28 May 1998, unrep) Geoghegan v Szelid [2011] NSWSC 1440 Goodman v Windeyer (1980) 144 CLR 490; [1980] HCA 31 Goodsell v Wellington [2011] NSWSC 1232 Gorton v Parks (1989) 17 NSWLR 1 Grant v Roberts; Smith v Smith; Roberts v Smith; Curtis v Smith [2019] NSWSC 843 Grey v Harrison [1997] 2 VR 359 Hamod v New South Wales [2011] NSWCA 375 Harkness v Harkness (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 35 Hawkins v Prestage (1989) 1 WAR 37 Heyward v Fisher (Court of Appeal (NSW), Kirby P, 26 April 1985, unrep) Hinckley & South Leicestershire Permanent Benefit Building Society v Freeman [1941] Ch 32 Hughes v National Trustees, Executors and Agency Co of Australasia Ltd (1979) 143 CLR 134; [1979] HCA 2 Hunter v Hunter (1987) 8 NSWLR 573 John Holland Rail Pty Ltd v Comcare (2011) 276 ALR 221; [2011] FCAFC 34 Kay v Archbold [2008] NSWSC 254 Kenoss Pty Ltd v Palerang Council [2013] NSWCA 174 Kleinig v Neal (No 2) [1981] 2 NSWLR 532 Kohari v Snow [2013] NSWSC 452 Live Group Pty Ltd and Anor v Rabbi Ulman and Ors [2017] NSWSC 1759 Lodin v Lodin [2017] NSWCA 327 MacGregor v MacGregor [2003] WASC 169 Majak v Rose (No 6) [2017] NSWCA 262 Manuel v Lane [2013] NSWCA 61 Marks v Marks [2003] WASCA 297 McCosker v McCosker (1957) 97 CLR 566; [1957] HCA 82 McGrath v Eves [2005] NSWSC 1006 McKenzie v Topp [2004] VSC 90 Mekhail v Hana; Mekail v Hana [2019] NSWCA 197 Michael John Askew v John Paul Askew [2015] NSWSC 192 Nicholas v Tubb [2016] TASSC 53 Penson v Titan National Pty Ltd (No 3) [2015] NSWCA 121 Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith v Scales (1962) 107 CLR 9; [1962] HCA 19 R (on the application of M) v Slough Borough Council [2008] 1 WLR 1808; [2008] UKHL 52 R v Magistrates' Court at Lilydale; Ex parte Ciccone [1973] VR 122; [1973] VicRp 10 Ren v Jiang (No 2) [2014] NSWCA 119 Salmon v Osmond [2015] NSWCA 42 Sam Wardy v Gordon Salier; William Wardy v Gordon Salier; Hassiba Wardy v Estate of late Edmond Wadih Wardy, developer and Ch 3 of the Succession Act 2006 & Anor [2014] NSWSC 473 Sassoon v Rose [2013] NSWCA 220 Sgro v Thompson [2017] NSWCA 326 Simonetto v Dick (2014) 10 ASTLR 231; [2014] NTCA 4 Singer v Berghouse (1994) 181 CLR 201; [1994] HCA 40 Slack v Rogan; Palffy v Rogan (2013) 85 NSWLR 253; [2013] NSWSC 522 Smith v Johnson [2015] NSWCA 297 Spata v Tumino (2018) 95 NSWLR 706; [2018] NSWCA 17 Stanizzo v Badarne & Ors [2014] NSWSC 689 Steinmetz v Shannon [2019] NSWCA 114 Stern v Sekers; Sekers v Sekers [2010] NSWSC 59 Stott v Cook (1960) 33 ALJR 447 Sung v Malaxos [2015] NSWSC 186 Sydney City Council v Ke-Su Investments Pty Ltd Szypica v O'Beirne [2013] NSWSC 297 Taylor v Farrugia [2009] NSWSC 801 Tobin v Ezekiel (2012) 83 NSWLR 757; [2012] NSWCA 285 Toscano v Toscano [2017] NSWSC 419 Tugrul v Tarrants Financial Consultants Pty Limited (in liquidation) (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 1971 Underwood v Gaudron [2014] NSWSC 1055 Underwood v Gaudron (2015) 324 ALR 641; [2015] NSWCA 269 Verzar v Verzar [2012] NSWSC 1380 Vigolo v Bostin (2005) 221 CLR 191; [2005] HCA 11 Walker v Walker (Supreme Court (NSW), Young J, 17 May 1996, unrep) White v Barron (1980) 144 CLR 431; [1980] HCA 14 Wilcox v Wilcox [2012] NSWSC 1138 Yee v Yee [2017] NSWCA 305 Zagame v Zagame [2014] NSWSC 1302 Texts Cited: Ritchie's Uniform Civil Procedure NSW R Atherton, "The Concept of Moral Duty in the Law of Family Provision – a Gloss or Critical Understanding?" (1999) 5 Australian Journal of Legal History Category: Principal judgment Parties: 2018/170958 Maria Pilotto (Plaintiff) Carmine Cosoleto (Defendant)