Recent Cases

Howitt as Executor of the estate of the late Margaret Norma Howitt v Bosschieter [2025] NSWCA 179 (08 August 2025) (Ward P, Kirk and Free JJA)


Catchwords:


SUCCESSION – Family provision – Respondent grandchild beneficiary under will of deceased grandmother – Respondent lived with and cared for deceased – Respondent dissipated $200,000 obtained unconscionably from the deceased – Whether primary judge erred in granting further provision to the respondent – Provision unreasonable and plainly unjust