Saul & Ors v Lin [2004] NSWSC 307

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Saul & Ors v Lin [2004] NSWSC 307 HEARING DATE(S) : 15 April, 2004 JUDGMENT DATE : 15 April 2004 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Palmer J DECISION : Declaration that valid trust created; trustee will be removed if suitable independent trustees are proposed.

CATCHWORDS : TRUSTS - whether an owner of property can validly declare himself to be a trustee thereof for himself for life and thereafter for named beneficiaries absolutely - TRUSTEE - REMOVAL - trustee incapable of acting - whether he should not be removed because Protective Commissioner will act on his behalf - APPOINTMENT OF NEW TRUSTEES - whether near relatives of beneficiaries should be appointed by the Court in exercise of power under s.70(2) Trustee Act. LEGISLATION CITED : Protected Estates Act 1983 (NSW) - s.13(1) Trustee Act 1925 (NSW) - s.6(4), s.70 - Knowles Settled Estates, Re (1884) 27 Ch D 707 - Lemann's Trusts, In re (1883) 22 ChD 633 - Morsman v Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 113 American Law Reports 441 CASES CITED : - Norris, Re; Allen v. Norris (1884) 27 ChD, 333 - Wilding v Boulder (1855) 21 Beav 222, 52 ER 845 - Jacobs "Law of Trusts in Australia", 6th Ed., paras.107, 1559, 1560. - "Lewin on Trusts", 17th Ed., paragraph 1-09 - Scott & Fratcher "The Law of Trusts", 4th Ed., paragraph 99.3 Jennifer Suzie Saul - First Plaintiff PARTIES : Hannah Saul by her Tutor M.P. Saul Alexander Saul by his Tutor M.P. Saul Tsung Chen Lin - Defendant FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2294/04 COUNSEL : Ms. J. Needham - Plaintiffs M. Ashhurst - Defendant SOLICITORS : Teece Hodgson & Ward - Plaintiffs Protective Commissioner - Defendant