Flourentzou v Spink [2019] NSWCA 315

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Flourentzou v Spink [2019] NSWCA 315 Decision date: 19 December 2019 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1]; Gleeson JA at [2]; Barrett AJA at [3] Decision: (1) Appeal dismissed.

(2) That the appellants pay the respondent's costs. Catchwords: PERSONAL PROPERTY – gifts – conditional gifts – payments by mother to her daughter and son-in-law towards purchase of house by them to be occupied also by her – intention of mother – whether absolute and unqualified gift – whether gift conditional on her having right of occupation amounting to interest in the property Legislation Cited: N/A Cases Cited: Baumgartner v Baumgartner (1987) 164 CLR 137; [1987] HCA 59 Bogdanovic v Koteff (1988) 12 NSWLR 472 Byrnes v Kendle (2011) 243 CLR 253; [2011] HCA 26 Calverley v Green (1984) 155 CLR 242; [1984] HCA 81 Cohen v Sellar [1926] 1 KB 536 Commissioner of Taxation v McPhail (1968) 117 CLR 111; [1968] HCA 13 Ian Hung Wai v Cheung Sau Kuen [2011] 3 HKLRD 458; [2011] HKCA 94 Jacobs v Davis [1917] 2 KB 532 Lawrence v Branch [2002] WASCA 292 Luke v Waite (1905) 2 CLR 252; [1905] HCA 5 McDonnell v Loosemore [2007] EWCA Civ 1531 Milling v Hardie [2014] NSWCA 163 Muschinski v Dodds (1985) 160 CLR 583; [1985] HCA 78 Pecore v Pecore [2007] 1 SCR 795, 2007 SCC 17 Richards v Delbridge (1874) 18 LR Eq 11 Spink v Flourentzou [2019] NSWSC 256 Watson v Foxman (1995) 49 NSWLR 315 West v Mead (2003) 13 BPR 24,431; [2003] NSWSC 161 Texts Cited: J C Campbell QC, "The consequences of rebutting a presumption of advancement" (2018) 46 Australian Bar Review 229 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Dianne Flourentzou (First Appellant) Mario Flourentzou (Second Appellant) Rickie Spink (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: R Glasson with O Berkmann (Appellants) B Zipser (Respondent)