27 May 2020
The executor was removed because he failed to comply with obligations to provide inventory and account and failed to comply with a court order to file an account; the disputed expenditures were immaterial to the estate's residue and did not justify his refusal to account.
16 May 2018
The court ordered the executor to file a true and perfect inventory and an account of the estate because the executor refused to provide requested information to a beneficiary; the accounting costs were ordered to be borne by the applicant and the costs of the application were awarded on a 2B basis to be paid by the estate.
17 Mar 2017
Defendant was removed because he persistently failed to provide proper accounts, used estate funds for personal expenses, intermingled funds, neglected duties (including unpaid levies and unexplained deductions), preferred one beneficiary over another and obstructed oversight, such that removal and appointment of a neutral executor was expedient to protect beneficiaries; costs ordered personally against him.