Chapman v Hudson
[2006] NSWSC 373
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…by doing what I have done in my will, so that whilst I regret this will not help the plaintiff, that's the way I think I should go’.”[5] [4] [2006] NSWSC 373 [5] Paragraph 34…
Blair v Blair
[2004] VSCA 149
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…if so what provision [the deceased] as a wise and just testator would have thought it her moral duty to make in the interests of [Mrs Bartlett]. [10] (2004) 10 VR 69 74 However, as Young CJ observed in Chapman v Hudson (supra) , even though the claimant had a claim, it was the size of the estate which militated ag…
Singer v Berghouse
[1994] HCA 40
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…53 In Chapman v Hudson ,[4] Young CJ made the following observation: “I have, of course, been referred to the two-prong test in Singer v Berghouse (1994) 181 CLR 201. Looking at the first limb of the test, it seems to me that the testatrix who looked at her family's position may well have said, ‘Well if I had a litt…
Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Wilmoth Field Warne
[2007] VSC 280
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…e had a home to live in. In both proceedings reference was made to the size of the estate.[9] [7] [2005] VSC 319, per Byrne J at paragraphs 26-27 [8] [2007] VSC 280, per Hansen J at paragraphs 158-159 [9] In Markovska v Kocevska (supra) the value of the deceased's home was $335,000; and in Petersen v Micevski (su…
Markovska v Kocevska
[2005] VSC 319
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…sed making a disposition of that kind, would not have had a home to live in. In both proceedings reference was made to the size of the estate.[9] [7] [2005] VSC 319, per Byrne J at paragraphs 26-27 [8] [2007] VSC 280, per Hansen J at paragraphs 158-159 [9] In Markovska v Kocevska (supra) the value of the deceased…
Re the Will of Sitch (deceased); Gillies v Executors of the Will of Sitch
[2005] VSC 308
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…hat the estate was not large. The net assets amounted to $78,065.47. He later observed that on any view the estate was an extremely small one.[2] [1] [2005] VSC 308 [2] Paragraphs 75-78 52 Despite the observations made by Gillard J, he found that the deceased had failed to make adequate provision for the proper m…