Hyde v Holland [2003] NSWSC 733

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Hyde v Holland [2003] NSWSC 733 HEARING DATE(S) : 7 August 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 11 August 2003 JURISDICTION: Probate JUDGMENT OF : Austin J DECISION : See under heading "Conclusions"

CATCHWORDS : WILLS - construction - condition that residuary beneficiary "has attended Alcoholics Anonymous and complied with their requirements concerning sobriety for a period of not less than two (2) years" - condition precedent or subsequent - test of certainty for condition precedent Acherley v Vernon (1725) Willes 153 Allgood v Blake (1873) 8 LR Ex 160 Blathwayt v Baron Cawley [1976] AC 397 Boyes v Cook (1880) 14 Ch D 53 Clavering v Ellison (1859) 7 HL Cas 707 Clayton v Ramsden [1943] AC 320 Day v Collins [1925] NZLR 280 Fell v Fell (1922) 31 CLR 268 Gerhardy v South Australian Auxiliary to British and Foreign Bible Society Inc (1982) 30 SASR 12 Harris v Ashdown (1985) 3 NSWLR 193 Howell v Hyde [2003] NSWSC 732 Kay v South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service [2003] NSWSC 292 Kirby-Smith v Parnell [1903] 1 Ch 483 Marks v Pope [2001] NSWSC 105 CASES CITED : Miller v Miller (1995) 16 ACSR 73 Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd v Archbold (1946) 46 SR (NSW) 327 Re Allen (dec'd) [1953] Ch 810 Re Ansell; Wardlaw v Ekblade [1947] Tas SR 36 Re Baden's Deed Trusts [1971] AC 424 Re Gulbenkian's Settlement Trusts [1970] AC 508 Re Lowry's Will Trusts [1967] Ch 638 Re Lysaght [1966] Ch 191 Re Selby's Will Trusts [1966] 1 WLR 43 Re St George (Dec'd) (1964) 80 WN (NSW) 1423 Re Tarnpolsk [1958] 1 WLR 1157 Re Tuck's Settlement Trusts [1978] Ch 49 Re Wragg Dec'd [1959] 1 WLR 922 Tatham v Huxtable (1950) 81 CLR 639 Towns v Wentworth (1858) 11 Moo PC 526 Watson v Watson [1999] NSWSC 325 Patricia Hyde and Roger James Clisdell (P) PARTIES : Vincent Joseph Holland by his tutor, the Protective Commissioner of New South Wales (D1) Paulene Hertslet (D2) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 110698/01 K Morrissey (P) COUNSEL : J Wilson (D1) P Blackburn-Hart (D2) Hozack Clisdell, Batehaven (P) SOLICITORS : E J Tebbutt & Sons (D1) Geoff Osborne & Associates, Seaforth (D2)