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Court of Appeal Wellington
18, 19 March; 12 May; 18 June 1993
Cooke P, Gault and Tipping JJ (18, 19 March; 12 May 1993) Cooke P, Robertson J and Sir Gordon Bisson (18 June 1993)
18, 19 March; 12 May; 18 June 1993
Cooke P, Gault and Tipping JJ (18, 19 March; 12 May 1993) Cooke P, Robertson J and Sir Gordon Bisson (18 June 1993)
Family and domestic relationships — Property — Claim by wife's estate against husband's estate based on promise made before death — Expression of common intention — Whether Court bound to implement promise and common intention — Whether joint family home available for division after death of first spouse — Division according to contributions — Estate duty — Matrimonial Property Act 1963, ss 5(2), 5(6) and 6(2) - Estate and Gift Duties Act 1968, s 31A.