Nobarani v Mariconte [No 2]

[2018] HCA 49
Judgment date
Case number
S270/2017
Before
Kiefel CJ, Gageler, Nettle, Gordon, Edelman JJ
Catchwords

Practice and procedure – Costs – Wills, probate, and administration – Where respondent sought and obtained grant of probate in solemn form – Where respondent resisted appeals to set aside grant of probate – Where grant of probate set aside on appeal – Where respondent applied for order that appellant's costs of trial and appeals be paid out of estate of deceased and on trustee basis – Where costs not shown to be other than properly and reasonably incurred by respondent in connection with administration of estate – Whether order sought by respondent should be made.

Words and phrases – "administration of the estate", "costs payable from the estate", "executor", "litigation expenses", "properly and reasonably incurred".

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