Recent Cases

Alexiou v Alexiou [2025] NSWCA 164 (25 July 2025) (Payne, Stern and Free JJA)


Catchwords:


SUCCESSION – Family provision claim – No provision made for respondent in father’s will due to estrangement – Whether primary judge erred in granting provision to the respondent – Significance of comparison to provision made for sibling – Whether provision unreasonable and plainly unjust – Where appellant cites failure to give reasons but does not seek remittal – Where litigation costs have severely eroded estate