Neil Ronald Telfer as Executor for the Estate of the late Lyall Telfer v Carolyn Telfer (No. 2)

[2013] NSWSC 823

Supreme Court of NSW

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1. SUCCESSION - wills, probate and administration - plaintiff propounded a codicil knowing that the signature on it was not the testator's - whether the plaintiff should be passed over as executor of his brother's will - circumstances in which the Court may pass over a named executor discussed.
1. COSTS - whether a specified gross sum order under Civil Procedure Act 2005 s 98(4)(c) appropriate - principles of making such an order discussed - cost assessment necessary to unpick the costs on irrelevant issues raised by the defendant at the trial.