CASE: Gill v Garrett [2020] NSWSC 795; Gill v Garrett (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 1473

Dr Bill Garrett was a brilliant medical scientist, who in the 1960s was one of the small team of Australians who developed ultrasound for monitoring pregnancies.

In 1996 an unlikely friendship formed between the good doctor and a man 30 years his junior, Jason Gill. They met at a pub in Paddington where Jason was the life of the party. He invited Dr Garrett to join his trivia team and they would frequently meet at the Pub to eat and drink, with the doctor footing the bill.

When Jason's lease expired in 2003, he moved with Dr Garrett. It was supposed to be a temporary arrangement but Jason eventually became Dr Garrett's carer.

However, the care Jason provided the ailing doctor was substandard at best and included drinking binges and episodes of night-wandering.

When Dr Garret died in November 2015, his children politely asked Jason to leave the house. He refused, claiming that the doctor had promised to give him his $2 million house.

Jason also made an application seeking provision from Dr Garrett's estate.