Recent Cases

Flourentzou v Spink [2019] NSWCA 315 (19 December 2019) (Bathurst CJ at [1]; Gleeson JA at [2]; Barrett AJA at [3])


Catchwords:


PERSONAL PROPERTY – gifts – conditional gifts – payments by mother to her daughter and son-in-law towards purchase of house by them to be occupied also by her – intention of mother – whether absolute and unqualified gift – whether gift conditional on her having right of occupation amounting to interest in the property