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AGLC: Re Watson [2017] VSC 322
Case: [2017] VSC 322
Decision Date: 8 June 2017

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Re Watson [2017] VSC 322

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Re Gardiner (No 3) [2018] VSC 414

Cases Citing This Decision

Burke v Public Trustee for the State of South Australia [2022] SASCA 64
Citation 1 (Para 19)

…Re Kouvakas [2014] NSWSC 786. [60] Re Seymour [1934] VLR 136; Re Egan [1963] VR 318; Re Cockell [2016] NSWSC 349. [61] Cf Re Watson; Raitman v Ivey [2017] VSC 322, [15] (McMillan J), setting out three threshold requirements on an application for revocation: standing, explanation for delay and a prima facie case.…
Gardiner v Hughes (No 2) [2019] VSCA 198
Citation 2 (Para 1)

…ire an investigation as to whether or not there are sufficient grounds to revoke the grant of probate’.[12] [12]Reasons [27], quoting Re Watson [2017] VSC 322 [41].…
Gardiner v Hughes [2017] VSCA 167
Citation 3 (Para 1)

…Re Kouvakas [2014] NSWSC 786. [116] Re Seymour [1934] VLR 136; Re Egan [1963] VR 318; Re Cockell [2016] NSWSC 349. [117]Cf Re Watson; Raitman v Ivey [2017] VSC 322 [15] (McMillan J), setting out three threshold requirements on an application for revocation: standing, explanation for delay and a prima facie case.…
Re Topcu; Tampus v Canipek [2020] VSC 541
Citation 4

…ouvakas; Lucas v Konakas [2014] NSWSC 786, [285]–[288], [310] (Lindsay J); Re Cockell; Cole v Paisley [2016] NSWSC 349, [53] (Lindsay J); Re Watson [2017] VSC 322, [15] (McMillan J).…
Re O'Callaghan [2019] VSC 16
Citation 5 (Para 1)

…(27 February 2009) [78]. [8] Wrigley v Buxton (1893) 19 VLR 37, 44 (Madden CJ). [9] Re Egan [1963] VR 318, 320. See also Re Watson [2017] VSC 322 (8 June 2017) [41]. [10] Wrigley v Buxton (1893) 19 VLR 37, 44 (A’Beckett J). [12]Ibid ss 8-9; Gardiner v Hughes [2017] VSCA 167 (29 June 2017) [93].…
Re Haynes [2018] VSC 778
Citation 6

…kas; Lucas v Konakas [2014] NSWSC 786 (16 July 2014) [285]–[288], [310]; Re Cockell; Cole v Paisley [2016] NSWSC 349 (4 April 2016) [53]; Re Watson [2017] VSC 322 (8 June 2017) [15].…
Re Savio [2018] VSC 676
Citation 7 (Para 1)

…Kouvakas; Lucas v Konakas [2014] NSWSC 786 (16 July 2014) [242]; Montalto v Sala [2016] VSCA 240 (7 October 2016) [29]–[32]; Re Watson [2017] VSC 322 (8 June 2017) [16]. [2]See, eg, Re Smith [1951] VLR 368, 377; Re Watson [2017] VSC 322 (8 June 2017) [17].…
Re Theodoulou [2018] VSC 601
Citation 8 (Para 1)

…(27 February 2009) [78]. [7] Wrigley v Buxton (1893) 19 VLR 37, 44 (Madden CJ). [8] Re Egan [1963] VR 318, 320. See also Re Watson [2017] VSC 322 (8 June 2017) [41]. [9] Wrigley v Buxton (1893) 19 VLR 37, 44 (A’Beckett J).…
Re Gardiner (No 3) [2018] VSC 414
Citation 9 (Para 1)

…[28] Re Kouvakas; Lucas v Konakas [2014] NSWSC 786 (16 July 2014) [242]; Montalto v Sala [2016] VSCA 240 (7 October 2016) [29]–[30]; Re Watson [2017] VSC 322 (8 June 2017) [16]–[17]. [29]See, eg, Re Smith [1951] VLR 368, 377; Re Watson [2017] VSC 322 (8 June 2017) [38].…

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Montalto v Sala [2016] VSCA 240
Citation 1 (Para 1)

…e Kouvakas; Lucas v Konakas [2014] NSWSC 786 (16 July 2014) [242] (Lindsay J), citing Moran v Place [1896] P 214, 216–7 (Kay RJ); Montalto v Sala [2016] VSCA 240 (7 October 2016) [29]–[30] (Warren CJ, Whelan and Santamaria JJA).…
Estate Cockell; Cole v Paisley [2016] NSWSC 349
Citation 2 (Para 1)

…R 318; Re Gardiner [2016] VSC 541 (9 September 2016). [3] In the Will of Lamont (1881) 7 VLR (I) 86, 93, 98 (Molesworth J). See also Cole v Paisley [2016] NSWSC 349 (4 April 2016) [53] (Lindsay J).…
Veall v Veall [2015] VSCA 60
Citation 3 (Para 1)

…stances that give rise to such a suspicion is where the person who prepared the will takes a substantial benefit under it.[13] [12] Veall v Veall (2015) 46 VR 123, 175–6 [173] (Santamaria JA), citing Hoff v Atherton [2005] WTLR 99; [2004] EWCA Civ 1554 (19 November 2004) . [13] In the Will of Walsh (1892) 18 VLR 72…
Estate Kouvakas; Lucas v Konakas [2014] NSWSC 786
Citation 4 (Para 1)

…ion is sufficient to entitle a person to apply for revocation of a grant of probate or letters of administration.[5] [4] Re Kouvakas; Lucas v Konakas [2014] NSWSC 786 (16 July 2014) [212]–[216] (Lindsay J). [5] Re Gillard [1949] VLR 378, 381 (Barry J); Re Egan [1963] VR 318; Re Kouvakas; Lucas v Konakas [2014] NSWS…
Tobin v Ezekiel (No 2) [2012] NSWCA 409
Citation 5 (Para 1)

…(16 December 2004); Zorbas v Sidiropoulous (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 197 (10 July 2009); Frizzo v Frizzo [2011] QCA 308 (1 November 2011); Tobin v Ezekiel (2012) 83 NSWLR 757.…
Frizzo v Frizzo [2011] QCA 308
Citation 6 (Para 1)

…stralia.[10] [10] Kantor v Vosahlo [2004] VSCA 235 (16 December 2004); Zorbas v Sidiropoulous (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 197 (10 July 2009); Frizzo v Frizzo [2011] QCA 308 (1 November 2011); Tobin v Ezekiel (2012) 83 NSWLR 757.…
Zorbas v Sidiropoulous (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 197
Citation 7 (Para 1)

…pplied at intermediate appellate levels across Australia.[10] [10] Kantor v Vosahlo [2004] VSCA 235 (16 December 2004); Zorbas v Sidiropoulous (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 197 (10 July 2009); Frizzo v Frizzo [2011] QCA 308 (1 November 2011); Tobin v Ezekiel (2012) 83 NSWLR 757.…
Kantor v Vosahlo [2004] VSCA 235
Citation 8 (Para 1)

…These principles have been consistently applied at intermediate appellate levels across Australia.[10] [10] Kantor v Vosahlo [2004] VSCA 235 (16 December 2004); Zorbas v Sidiropoulous (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 197 (10 July 2009); Frizzo v Frizzo [2011] QCA 308 (1 November 2011); Tobin v Ezekiel (2012) 83 NSWLR 757.…
Kerr v Badran [2004] NSWSC 735
Citation 9 (Para 1)

…sposition. The Court is concerned with the soundness of a testator’s ability to dispose of his or her assets. [11]See, for example, Kerr v Badran [2004] NSWSC 735 (17 August 2004) [49] (Windeyer J); Vukotic v Vukotic [2013] VSC 718 (13 December 2013) [114] (McMillan J).…
Nock v Austin [1918] HCA 73
Citation 10

…[14] Nock v Austin (1918) 25 CLR 519, 528 (citations omitted).…
Re Gardiner [2016] VSC 541
Citation 11 (Para 1)

…. [2] In the Will of Lamont (1881) 7 VLR (I) 86; In re Goode (1890) 11 NSWR (Eq) 281; Re Gillard [1949] VLR 378; Re Egan [1963] VR 318; Re Gardiner [2016] VSC 541 (9 September 2016). [3] In the Will of Lamont (1881) 7 VLR (I) 86, 93, 98 (Molesworth J). See also Cole v Paisley [2016] NSWSC 349 (4 April 2016) [53]…
Vukotic v Vukotic [2013] VSC 718
Citation 12 (Para 1)

…ility to dispose of his or her assets. [11]See, for example, Kerr v Badran [2004] NSWSC 735 (17 August 2004) [49] (Windeyer J); Vukotic v Vukotic [2013] VSC 718 (13 December 2013) [114] (McMillan J).…
Van Wyk v Albon [2011] VSC 120
Citation 13 (Para 1)

…[5] Re Gillard [1949] VLR 378, 381 (Barry J); Re Egan [1963] VR 318; Re Kouvakas; Lucas v Konakas [2014] NSWSC 786 (16 July 2014); Van Wyk v Albon [2011] VSC 120 (24 March 2011).…

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