SUCCESSION: A random stranger
from Just in Case Law Hosted by Tanya Chapman
CASE: Sadiq v NSW Trustee and Guardian [2015] NSWSC 716 When Christina Coombes died in June 2013, she left behind a decrepit home in Paddington, Sydney, and no Will. After her death, Waleed Sadiq, a man 18 years her junior, claimed to have been in a romantic relationship with Christina for the past 17 years. However, there was no record of Christina ever having a parter and her neighbours said that Waleed was just man who came by sometimes selling junk door-to-door. Which was it? Was he her devoted spouse or a canny salesman who spotted an opportunity?
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