The Estate of Milan Zlatevski; Geroska v Zlatevski (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 388

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The Estate of Milan Zlatevski; Geroska v Zlatevski (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 388 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 14 April 2020 Decision date: 14 April 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Henry J Decision: See paragraph [39]. Catchwords: SUCCESSION – contested probate – costs – consideration of exceptions in probate litigation to general principle that costs follow the event – whether deceased was the cause of the litigation where testamentary capacity in issue – whether it was reasonable for the defendant to investigate the deceased's will – application to vary costs order refused Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 98 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 42 Cases Cited: Davies v Gregory (1873) LR 3 P&D 28 Gray v Hart; Estate of Harris (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 1562 In the Will of Millar (1908) VLR 682 King v Hudson (No 2) [2009] NSWSC 1500 Middlebrook v Middlebrook (Supreme Court (NSW), Myers J, 22 November 1961, unrep) Middlebrook v Middlebrook (1962) 36 ALJR 216 Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd v Baker [1999] NSWCA 244 Re the Estate of Hodges; Shorter v Hodges (1988) 14 NSWLR 698 Shorten v Shorten (No 2) [2001] NSWSC 363 Shorten v Shorten (No 2) [2003] NSWCA 60 Shorten v Shorten [2001] NSWSC 100 The Estate of Milan Zlatevski; Geroska v Zlatevski [2020] NSWSC 250 Walker v Harwood [2017] NSWCA 228 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Costs Parties: Nada Geroska (Plaintiff) Tony Zlatevski (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: S Chapple (Plaintiff) T Catanzariti (Defendant)