O'Connor v James
Court of Appeal
Niall, Whelan and Kaye JJA
09/11/2023
[2023] VSCA 274
Practice and procedure — Persons under disability — Approval of compromise — Infant beneficiary of deceased estate — Validity of will disputed — Challenge to validity of will compromised — Approval of compromise sought — Whether proposed compromise benefited infant beneficiary — Whether necessary to determine validity of will before approving compromise — Whether ‘claim’ made — Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2015 (Vic), r 15.08
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