Daley v Donaldson

• 1. Succession
  2. › Family provision
  3. › Eligible person
  4. › Child of the deceased
  5. › Whether person formally adopted by step-parent remains child of biological parent
  6. › Effect of adoption order on status
  7. › Adoption Act 2000 (NSW), ss 95, 97
  8. › Succession Act 2006 (NSW), s 57(1)(c)
• 1. Succession
  2. › Family provision
  3. › Compromise of claim
  4. › Approval of compromise under Succession Act 2006 (NSW) s 98
  5. › Court's discretion to make or decline consent orders
  6. › Whether compromise reached on false basis
  7. › Whether court retains discretion notwithstanding binding agreement between parties
• 1. Contract
  2. › Common mistake
  3. › Compromise of family provision claim
  4. › Whether parties laboured under common mistake as to applicant's eligibility
  5. › Relevance of Solle v Butcher in Australia
  6. › Whether mistake analysis applicable where court retains statutory discretion

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