Re Bell [2004] NSWSC 1175

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Re Bell [2004] NSWSC 1175 HEARING DATE(S) : 16/09/04 and 10/11/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 6 December 2004 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq DECISION : Advice given as to proper administration of trust.

CATCHWORDS : EQUITY [205]- Trusts- Advice to trustees- Ambit of jurisdiction. PRACTICE [747] Declaratory orders- Hypothetical question- Future events relevant- When declaration as to future of trust may be made. SUCCESSION [214]- Acceleration- Whether constitution of class of remaindermen affected. WORDS & PHRASES- "Next of kin". LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919 s 33 Trustee Act 1925, s 63 Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 Church Property Trustees Diocese of Newcaste v Ebbeck (1960) 104 CLR 394 Collins v Equity Trustees Executors & Agency Company Ltd [1997] 2 VR 166 Curtis v Sheffield (1882) 21 Ch D 1 Napper v Miller [2002] NSWSC 1122 Pascoe v The Incorporated Law Institute of NSW (1937) 54 WN (NSW 13 Re Box (1862) 11 WR 945 Re Box (1863) 1 H & M 552; 71 ER 242 Re Harker's Will Trusts [1969] 1 WLR 1124 CASES CITED : Re Hartigan [1989] 2 Qd R 401 Re Johnson (1893) 68 LT 20 Re Kebty-Fletcher's Will Trusts [1969] 1 Ch 339 Re Sparke (1907) 24 WN (NSW) 153 Re Syme [1980] VR 109 Re Tooth & Co Ltd (1978) 19 ALR 191 Sydney Futures Exchange Ltd v Australia Stock Exchange Ltd (1995) 16 ACSR 148 Tompkins v Simmons (1931) 44 CLR 546 University of NSW v Moorhouse (1975) 133 CLR 1 Wyndham v Darby (1896) 17 LR (NSW) (E) 272 PARTIES : Helen Mary Bell and Gemma Patricia Sherwood (P) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3553/04 COUNSEL : M A Bradford (P) SOLICITORS : Peacocke Dickens & Price (P)