posted Apr 20, 2014, 9:20 PM by Greg Anastasi
| Estate value | plaintiff win value | Judge | Cost Plaintiff/s | Cost Defendant | cost total | Cost as % | | Comment
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| 1mill-1.8mill | 214k trust -> 545K | Hallen J | 180000 | 140323 | 320323 | 23 | | "That over $320,000 has been spent in what is a fairly straightforward claim for a family provision order, in a reasonable sized, but not large, estate, is to be regarded as staggering."(Judge) |
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posted Jul 14, 2012, 3:45 AM by Greg Anastasi
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| Estate value | plaintiff win | Judge | Cost Plaintiff/s | Cost Defendant | Cost total | Cost as % of estate | Comment | | Marando v Rizzo [2012] NSWSC 739 (5 July 2012) | 0->$50K | Hallen AsJ | $90,000 | $45,000 | $135,000 | 9 | Plaintiff on and off de facto / girl friend for only 8 months! gets $50k
Plaintiff took $185,000 away from the deceased children with the help of the judge. |
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posted Jul 6, 2012, 3:35 AM by Greg Anastasi
| Estate value | plaintiff win | Judge | Cost Plaintiff/s | Cost Defendant | Cost total | Cost as % of estate | Comment | | $554758 | 0->$50K 0->$60K 0->$80K | Macready | $65000 | $72000 | $157000 | 28 | Estate left to only biological child. Legacie reduced $555K to $208k.
Will contested by 2 adult foster children and one adopted child.
Quote from will.
"AND I DECLARE that after careful consideration I have made no further provision in this my Will for my foster children the said CLEMENT RICHARD JONES, ALVA JESSIE GRIFFITHS and JUDITH ANN CARNEY as I have already made adequate provision for them." |
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posted Jun 29, 2012, 10:33 PM by Greg Anastasi
| Estate value | plaintiff win | Judge | Cost Plaintiff/s | Cost Defendant | Cost total | Cost as % of estate | Comment | | $500000 | $300K -> $320K | Macready | $53200 | $71857 | $125057 | 25 | If the costs of these proceedings had not been incurred then each party would have received a further $60,000 ! |
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posted Jun 29, 2012, 10:28 PM by Greg Anastasi
| Estate value | plaintiff win | Judge | Cost Plaintiff/s | Cost Defendant | Cost total | Cost as % of estate | Comment | | $627507 | $185000 |
Nicholas J | $91500 | $93500 | $185000 |
29 | Adult daughter's application for order for provision out of time |
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