Pratt v Strathkyle Pty Limited [2004] NSWSC 320

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Pratt v Strathkyle Pty Limited [2004] NSWSC 320 HEARING DATE(S) : 30 March 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 April 2004 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Windeyer J at 1 DECISION : Separate questions of construction determined

CATCHWORDS : TRUSTS - beneficiaries - construction of deed of trust - meaning of word "issue" in the deed - whether meaning limited to "children" - significance of the term "per stirpes" LEGISLATION CITED : Trustee Act 1925 s81 Buick v Equity Trustees Executors & Agency Company Limited (1957) 97 CLR 599 In the Will of Moore [1963] VR 168 CASES CITED : Matthews v Williams at pages 654 to 656 Perpetual Trustee Company Limited v Wright (1987) 9 NSWLR 18 Sibley v Perry [1802] 7 Ves 522; 32 ER 211 Sidney v Perpetual Trustee Estates and Agency Company of New Zealand Limited [1944] AC 194 Helen Marion Pratt (Plaintiff) Strathkyle Pty Limited (First Defendant) Robert Macdonald Wass (Second Defendant) PARTIES : Geoffrey James Wass (Third Defendant) Ian Phillip Jefferson Wass (Fourth Defendant) Matthew Robert Wass (Fifth Defendant) Russell A.F. Stewart (Sixth Defendant) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3689 of 2002 Mr N Perram with him Mr N C T Bilinsky (Plaintiff) Mr B W Walker SC with him Mr S A Goodman (First Defendant) COUNSEL : Mr K L Andronos (Second and Third Defendants) No Appearance (Fourth Defendant) Ms K A Binnekamp (as agent for Fifth Defendant) Mr S G Finch SC with him Mr R S Holl (Sixth Defendant) Mallesons Stephen Jaques (Plaintiff) Clayton Utz (First Defendant) SOLICITORS : Lovett & Green (Second and Third Defendants) No Appearance (Fourth Defendant) Booth Brown Samuels & Olney (Fifth Defendant) Minter Ellison (Sixth Defendant)