Soens v Rathborne 6

[2018] NSWSC 302

Supreme Court of New South Wales

Australia - New South Wales

14th March, 2018

Cases Referring to this Case

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index †
Sreckovic v Sreckovic	[2018] NSWSC 1597	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	23 Oct 2018	AustLII	18
Gargano v Coves	[2018] NSWSC 985	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	3 Jul 2018	AustLII	10
Nielsen v Kongspark	[2019] NSWSC 1821	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	18 Dec 2019	AustLII	5
Katramados v Hasapis	[2018] NSWSC 948	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	22 Jun 2018	AustLII	4
Benz v Armstrong; Benz v Armstrong; Benz v Armstrong	[2022] NSWSC 534	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	5 May 2022	AustLII	3
Sutcliffe v Harper	[2025] NSWSC 54	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	18 Feb 2025	AustLII

Legislation Cited

Legislation Name	Provision
Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW)
Probate and Administration Act 1898 (NSW)	s84A
Succession Act 2006 (NSW)	s57, s59, s60
Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW)	s26, s27

Cases and Articles Cited

Case Name	Citation(s)	Court	Jurisdiction	Date	Full Text	Citation Index †
Singer v Berghouse	[1994] HCA 40; (1994) 123 ALR 481; (1994) 68 ALJR 653; 18 Fam LR 94; (1994) 181 CLR 201	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	14 Sep 1994	AustLII	451
Goodman v Windeyer	[1980] HCA 31; (1980) 144 CLR 490; 31 ALR 23; 54 ALJR 470	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	2 Sep 1980	AustLII	407
McCosker v McCosker	[1957] HCA 82; (1957) 97 CLR 566; (1957) 31 ALJR 779	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	28 Nov 1957	AustLII	350
White v Barron	[1980] HCA 14; 144 CLR 431; 30 ALR 51; (1980) 54 ALJR 333; 45 ALT 116	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	25 Feb 1924	AustLII	320
Gorton v Parks	(1989) 17 NSWLR 1		Australia - New South Wales	circa 1989	LexisNexis AU	306
Kleinig v Neal (No 2)	[1981] 2 NSWLR 532		Australia - New South Wales	circa 1981	LexisNexis AU	294
Tobin v Ezekiel	[2012] NSWCA 285; (2012) 83 NSWLR 757	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	13 Sep 2012	AustLII	284
Taylor v Farrugia	[2009] NSWSC 801	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	5 Jun 2009	AustLII	279
Andrew v Andrew	[2012] NSWCA 308; (2012) 81 NSWLR 656	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	28 Sep 2012	AustLII	277
Grey v Harrison	[1996] VSC 74; [1997] 2 VR 359	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	19 Nov 1996	AustLII	266
Bondelmonte v Blanckensee	[1989] WAR 305		Australia - Western Australia	circa 1989	LexisNexis AU	263
Collicoat v McMillan	[1999] 3 VR 803		Australia - Victoria	circa 1999	LexisNexis AU	254
Foley v Ellis	[2008] NSWCA 288	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	6 Nov 2008	AustLII	244
Slack v Rogan; Palffy v Rogan	[2013] NSWSC 522; (2013) 85 NSWLR 253	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	10 May 2013	AustLII	219
McGrath v Eves	[2005] NSWSC 1006	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	10 Oct 2005	AustLII	217
McKenzie v Topp	[2004] VSC 90	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	30 Mar 2004	AustLII	217
Bladwell v Davis	[2004] NSWCA 170	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	4 Jun 2004	AustLII	203
Mayfield v Lloyd-Williams	[2004] NSWSC 419	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	31 May 2004	AustLII	200
Bartlett v Coomber	[2008] NSWCA 100	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	23 May 2008	AustLII	188
Devereaux-Warnes v Hall (No 3)	[2007] WASCA 235; (2007) 35 WAR 127	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	5 Nov 2007	AustLII	188
Hawkins v Prestage	(1989) 1 WAR 37		Australia - Western Australia	circa 1989	LexisNexis AU	188
Stott v Cook	(1960) 33 ALJR 447		Australia	circa 1960		185
Diver v Neal	[2009] NSWCA 54	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	18 Mar 2009	AustLII	178
Stern v Sekers; Sekers v Sekers	[2010] NSWSC 59	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	12 Feb 2010	AustLII	177
Hunter v Hunter	(1987) 8 NSWLR 573		Australia - New South Wales	circa 1987	LexisNexis AU	175
Chapple v Wilcox	[2014] NSWCA 392; (2014) 87 NSWLR 646	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	18 Nov 2014	AustLII	171
MacGregor v MacGregor	[2003] WASC 169	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	28 Aug 2003	AustLII	157
Marks v Marks	[2003] WASCA 297	Supreme Court of Western Australia - Court of Appeal	Australia - Western Australia	2 Dec 2003	AustLII	153
Crossman v Riedel	[2004] ACTSC 127	Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory	Australia - Australian Capital Territory	14 Dec 2004	AustLII	150
Christie v Manera	[2006] WASC 287	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	18 Dec 2006	AustLII	145
Verzar v Verzar	[2012] NSWSC 1380	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	16 Nov 2012	AustLII	142
Alexander v Jansson	[2010] NSWCA 176	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	27 Jul 2010	AustLII	139
Butcher v Craig	[2009] WASC 164	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	15 Jun 2009	AustLII	137
R (M) v Slough Borough Council	[2008] UKHL 52; [2008] 4 All ER 831; [2008] 1 WLR 1808; [2008] All ER (D) 412	House of Lords	United Kingdom	30 Jul 2008	BAILII	130
Salmon v Osmond	[2015] NSWCA 42	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	10 Mar 2015	AustLII	119
Bowditch v NSW Trustee and Guardian	[2012] NSWSC 275	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	26 Mar 2012	AustLII	116
Kay v Archbold	[2008] NSWSC 254	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	28 Mar 2008	AustLII	114
de Angelis v de Angelis	[2003] VSC 432	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	10 Nov 2003	AustLII	113
Bowyer v Wood	[2007] SASC 327; (2007) 99 SASR 190	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	7 Sep 2007	AustLII	110
Puckridge (decd), In the Estate of	(1978) 20 SASR 72	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	circa 1978	Legal Online / Westlaw	107
Burke v Burke	[2015] NSWCA 195	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	13 Jul 2015	AustLII	103
Boettcher v Driscoll	[2014] SASC 86; (2014) 119 SASR 523	Supreme Court of South Australia	Australia - South Australia	4 Jul 2014	AustLII	92
Kohari v Snow	[2013] NSWSC 452	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	1 May 2013	AustLII	82
Phillips v James	[2014] NSWCA 4; (2014) 85 NSWLR 619	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	6 Feb 2014	AustLII	80
Wilcox v Wilcox	[2012] NSWSC 1138	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	12 Oct 2012	AustLII	80
Palaganio v Mankarios	[2011] NSWSC 61	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	22 Feb 2011	AustLII	80
Cetojevic v Cetojevic	[2006] NSWSC 431	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	26 Apr 2006	AustLII	77
Dennis (decd), Re	[1981] 2 All ER 140		United Kingdom	circa 1981	LexisNexis	77
Smith v Johnson	[2015] NSWCA 297	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	30 Sep 2015	AustLII	75
Goodsell v Wellington	[2011] NSWSC 1232	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	4 Nov 2011	AustLII	75
Szypica v O'Beirne	[2013] NSWSC 297	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	5 Apr 2013	AustLII	70
"The Concept of Moral Duty in the Law of Family Provision - a Gloss or Critical Understanding?"	(1999) 5 Australian Journal of Legal History 5	Australian Journal of Legal History	Australia	circa 1999	HeinOnline / Informit	66
[2003] HCA 9; (2005) 27 Sydney Law Review 263	[2003] HCA 9; (2005) 27 Sydney Law Review 263	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 2005	AustLII	64
John v John	[2010] NSWSC 937	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	24 Aug 2010	AustLII	61
Ilott v The Blue Cross	[2017] UKSC 17; [2018] AC 545; [2017] 2 WLR 979	United Kingdom Supreme Court	United Kingdom	15 Mar 2017	BAILII	60
Wardy v Salier	[2014] NSWSC 473	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	30 Apr 2014	AustLII	58
Yee v Yee	[2017] NSWCA 305	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	28 Nov 2017	AustLII	57
Borebor v Keane	[2013] VSC 35	Supreme Court of Victoria	Australia - Victoria	19 Feb 2013	AustLII	55
Sung v Malaxos	[2015] NSWSC 186	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	16 Mar 2015	AustLII	52
Baychek v Baychek	[2010] NSWSC 987	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	3 Sep 2010	AustLII	50
Campbell v Chabert-McKay	[2010] NSWSC 859	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	5 Aug 2010	AustLII	48
Manuel v Lane	[2013] NSWCA 61	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	28 Mar 2013	AustLII	44
Guardian Trust and Executors Co of New Zealand Ltd v Public Trustee of New Zealand	[1942] AC 115		United Kingdom	circa 1942	LexisNexis / Westlaw	42
Kavalee v Burbidge; Hyland v Burbidge	[1998] NSWSC 111; (1998) 43 NSWLR 422	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	22 Apr 1998	AustLII	38
Henry v Hancock	[2016] NSWSC 71	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	16 Feb 2016	AustLII	37
D'Albora v D'Albora	[1999] NSWSC 468	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	21 May 1999	AustLII	33
Wheat v Wisbey	[2013] NSWSC 537	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	13 May 2013	AustLII	29
Sergi v Sergi	[2012] WASC 18	Supreme Court of Western Australia	Australia - Western Australia	20 Jan 2012	AustLII	26
Stone v Stone	[2016] NSWSC 605	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	12 May 2016	AustLII	24
Petschelt v Petschelt	[2002] NSWSC 706	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	12 Aug 2002	AustLII	24
Wentworth v Wentworth	[1992] NSWCA 268	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	28 Aug 1992	AustLII	20
Page v Page	[2016] NSWSC 1218	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	6 Sep 2016	AustLII	19
Sreckovic v Sreckovic	[2018] NSWSC 1597	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	23 Oct 2018	AustLII	18
Williamson v Williamson	[2011] NSWSC 228	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	30 Mar 2011	AustLII	18
Ernst v Mowbray	[2004] NSWSC 1140	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	26 Nov 2004	AustLII	18
Re Estate Harriett Cassel	[2000] NSWSC 294	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	30 Mar 2000	AustLII	13
"Contracts to Leave Property by Will and Family Provision after Barns v Barns	[2003] HCA 9; (2005) 27 Sydney Law Review 263	High Court of Australia	Australia - Commonwealth	circa 2005	AustLII	12
Gargano v Coves	[2018] NSWSC 985	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	3 Jul 2018	AustLII	10
Kohari v NSW Trustee & Guardian	[2017] NSWSC 1080	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	18 Aug 2017	AustLII	10
Curnow v Curnow	[2014] NSWSC 896	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	7 Jul 2014	AustLII	9
Tobin v Ezekiel	(2012) 83 NSWLR 75		Australia - New South Wales	circa 2012	LexisNexis AU	7
Penninger v Penninger	[2017] NSWSC 892	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	6 Jul 2017	AustLII	6
Lewis v Warner	[2016] EWHC 1787; [2016] EWHC 1787 (Ch); [2016] 3 WLR 1545	High Court of England and Wales	United Kingdom - England and Wales	18 Jul 2016	BAILII	6
Smith v Dayman	[1994] NSWCA 286	Supreme Court of New South Wales - Court of Appeal	Australia - New South Wales	9 Sep 1994	AustLII	6
Nielsen v Kongspark	[2019] NSWSC 1821	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	18 Dec 2019	AustLII	5
Ogburn v Ogburn; Ogburn v Ogburn	[2012] NSWSC 79	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	5 Mar 2012	AustLII	5
Katramados v Hasapis	[2018] NSWSC 948	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	22 Jun 2018	AustLII	4
Andrew v Blair	[2007] NSWSC 1003	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	circa 2007	AustLII	4
Benz v Armstrong; Benz v Armstrong; Benz v Armstrong	[2022] NSWSC 534	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	5 May 2022	AustLII	3
Sutcliffe v Harper	[2025] NSWSC 54	Supreme Court of New South Wales	Australia - New South Wales	18 Feb 2025	AustLII

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