Kay v South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service [2003] NSWSC 292

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Kay v South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service [2003] NSWSC 292 HEARING DATE(S) : 03/04/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 3 April 2003 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq DECISION : Gift containing racially discriminatory conditions valid since exempted by legislation from the operation of the anti-discrimination laws. Will construed so that executor received gift of house.

CATCHWORDS : CHARITIES [89]- Effect of racist gift- Exemptions under the anti-discrimination legislation- Intent of the testator. SUCCESSION [143]- Will- Construction- Significance of punctuation- Denial of benefit to next of kin- Effect of presumption against intestacy- Effect of condition that is void for uncertainty. Anti-Discrimination Act 1977, s 55 LEGISLATION CITED : Race Relations Act 1976, s 34 Racial Discrimination Act (Clth) 1975, s 8(2) Hall v Busst (1960) 104 CLR 206 Houston v Burns [1918] AC 337 In re Allen [1953] Ch 810 In re Dominion Students' Hall Trustee [1947] Ch 183 CASES CITED : In re Lysaght [1966] Ch 191 In re Tarnpolsk [1958] 1 WLR 1157 Oppenheim v Henry 1852) 9 Hare 800; 68 ER 740 Pedulla v Nasti (1990) 20 NSWLR 720 Re Crocombe [1949] SASR 302 Re Jeffrey [1948] 2 All ER 131 Stephen Kay (P) South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service (D1) PARTIES : Guide Dog Association of New South Wales and ACT (D2) Seeing Eye Dogs Australia (D3) Eric Williams (D4) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5038/02 John Wilson (P) COUNSEL : S Gray (Solicitor) (D1) Miss M Sneddon (D4) Patrick Grimes & Co (P) SOLICITORS : Deacons (D1) Boyd House & Partners (D4)