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New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : Watson v Watson [1999] NSWSC 325 revised - 22/04/99 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : 4120 of 1998 HEARING DATE(S) : 11 March 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 14 April 1999
David Wilkie Watson (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Stuart Wilkie Watson (First Defendant) Gregory Roy Wilkie Watson (Second Defendant) Mark Wilkie Watson (Third Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Windeyer J at 1
Mr. F. Kunc (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : Mr. L Aitken (First Defendant) Mr. P.H. Blackburn-Hart (Second and Third Defendant) Aitken McLachlan & Thorpe (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Sneddon Hall & Gallop (First Defendant) Teece Hodgson & Ward (Second and Third Defendant) CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION; WILLS PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION - construction and effect of testamentary dispositions - whether the gift is subject to a condition - whether it is a condition precedent or a condition subsequent. Jarman on Wills 8th Ed 1458 ACTS CITED : 1466 Theobald on Wills 14th Ed 623 Williams on Wills 7th Ed. 325 Achlerley v Vernon (1739) 1 Willes 153 Egerton v Earl Brownlow (1853) 4 HLC 1 at 157 Hickling v Fair [1899] AC 15 In Re Greenwood CASES CITED : Goodhart v Woodhead [1903] 1 Ch 749 Miller v Miller (1995) 16 ACSR 73 at 79 Davies v Lowndes 1835 1 Bing NC 597 at 618 Re Emson Grain v Grain (1905) 93 LT 104 Sifton v Sifton [1938] AC 656 at 676 DECISION :
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