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New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Johnston v Maclarn [2002] NSWSC 97 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 4083/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 13/11/01 [Then written submissions] JUDGMENT DATE : 27 February 2002
PARTIES : Peter Stanley Johnston (P) Susan Maclarn (D) JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq
COUNSEL : M J Slattery QC (P) M Condon (D) SOLICITORS : Foulsham & Geddes (P) Simon Beverly & Associates (D) CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION [274]- Wills- Specific legacy- Ademption- Exceptions to rule that ademption occurs if testator does not possess property at date of death. LEGISLATION CITED : Contracts Review Act 1980 Badrick v Stevens (1792) 3 Bro CC 431; 29 ER 626 Bason v Brandon (1836) 3 Sim 171; 59 ER 68 Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd v Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447 Easyfind (NSW) Pty Ltd v Paterson (1987) 11 NSWLR 98 General Credits Ltd v Ebsworth [1986] 2 Qd R 162 Hawkins v Clayton (1988) 164 CLR 539 CASES CITED : In re Rudge [1949] NZLR 752 In re Slater [1907] 1 Ch 665 Jenkins v Jones (1866) LR 2 Eq 323 Re Larking (1887) 3 Ch D 310 Re Viertel [1997] 1 Qd R 110 Shaftsbury v Shaftsbury (1716) 2 Vern 747; 23 ER 1089 Siebe Gorman & Co Ltd v Pneupac Ltd [1982] 1 WLR 185 DECISION : Pleading on ademption to stand; other parts of statement of claim struck out.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES EQUITY DIVISION
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