23 May 2018
LE COUTEUR v NORRIS AND ORS [2018] NZHC 1074
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 1074
- Court
- High Court
No qualifying promise was proved: the 1991 will and 2002 handwritten note did not establish a promise to leave whatever property the deceased owned as a reward for services; there was no clear nexus between any alleged promise and the services claimed; the Parnell transaction was too uncertain to identify a promised asset; and the services did not, on the evidence, exceed normal family expectations, so the claim under s 3 failed.