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COURT AND TRIBUNAL

Aboud v Aboud: verdict for our client on a claim over family chattels

24 July 2009

A claim was brought in the District Court of New South Wales for the return of a long list of household items, on the footing that they belonged to the plaintiff’s parents rather than to our client, who had lived with and cared for them.

The Court found for our client on every disputed item: Aboud v Aboud [2009] NSWDC 183. The items fell into three groups, being possessions sent to our client while she was living in London, items given by her father shortly before his death, and items given by her mother while our client lived in the family home.

Each group turned on the two requirements of a gift of goods, being an intention to give and delivery. The Court held that the words used in each case showed an intention to give without qualification, and that delivery was made out, in some instances constructively, which is the settled position for chattels passing between members of one household. Our client was entitled to a verdict on the claim, with costs to follow the event.

Read the judgment: AustLII

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