CASE: Ashton v Pratt (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 3

Madison Ashton provided escort services to the late Richard Pratt, a married man of exceptional wealth. She would provide such services from time to time and for reward.

When Pratt ended the relationship in 2004, Ashton sued him to enforce their contract.

According to Ashton, if she left the escort business and became Pratt's mistress, Pratt agreed to create a trust fund of $2.5 million for each of her two children and pay her an allowance of $500,000 per year .

Before the case went to hearing, Pratt died in 2009 and Ashton found herself suing his estate and his widow.