A 2014 decision of the Supreme Court in Bryant v Bryant [2014] NSWSC 374 concerned a dispute about ownership of a family home and whether or not a promise was made to transfer interest in the home. The First and Second Plaintiffs were mother and son. The Defendant was the father of the son and […]
Injuries caused in a motor vehicle accident as a result of the negligence of another driver normally gives rise to an entitlement to compensation and damages. If you are a passenger in a vehicle of the driver of the not at fault vehicle or if you are a pedestrian hit by the at fault vehicle […]
Some people say that the current High Court is one of the most conservative in the history of federation. Which is strange given that four of the current High Court Justices were appointed by ALP governments and only three by LNP governments. This could mean the appointing governments had no eye to the “politics” of […]
A recent decision of the Supreme Court in McIntyre v O’Regan concerned two adult children arguing they were not left with an adequate provision from the deceased’s estate which totalled $1.1 million and that they should be entitled to further provision. Judith McIntyre (“the deceased”) died in June 2014, aged 66 and was survived by […]