Epov v Epov

• 1. Succession
  2. › Family provision and maintenance
  3. › Enforcement of family provision orders
  4. › Executor's failure to comply with court orders
  5. › Whether executor had lawful excuse for non-compliance
  6. › Succession Act 2006 (NSW), s 72
  7. › Probate and Administration Act 1898 (NSW), ss 84, 84A
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Costs
  3. › Indemnity costs
  4. › Unreasonable conduct of proceedings
  5. › Executor knew or ought to have known no proper basis to resist
  6. › Whether indemnity costs should be ordered against executor personally
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Costs
  3. › Gross sum costs order
  4. › Whether appropriate to assess costs as gross sum
  5. › Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 98(4)(c)
• 1. Equity
  2. › Trusts and trustees
  3. › Executor's duties
  4. › Failure to administer estate in timely manner
  5. › Whether executor entitled to indemnity from estate for costs arising from personal default

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