NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : 64 NSWLR 671
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : John Frederick Orr v Renee Slender Estate of the late Godfrey Raymond Orr & Ors [2005] NSWSC 1175
HEARING DATE(S) : 25/08/2005
JUDGMENT DATE : 21 November 2005
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Nicholas J
DECISION : Refer para 34.
CATCHWORDS : WILLS - Legacies - Ademption - Property subject of specific legacy sold prior to death of testator - sale in exercise of power of attorney - whether sale resulted in benefit to attorney - whether sale within attorney's authority - whether ademption of legacy - s 163B Conveyancing Act 1919.
Conveyancing Act 1919, s 163B LEGISLATION CITED : Power of Attorney Act 2003, s 6(3)
Brown v Heffer (1976) 116 CLR 344 Christensen v McKnight (unreported, NSWSC, 2 March 1995) Commissioner of Stamp Duties (Q) v Livingston (1964) 112 CLR 12 Fairweather v Fairweather (1944) 69 CLR 121 Gilder v Fairweather & Ors (1943) 44 SR (NSW) 229 CASES CITED : Jenkins v Jones (1866) LR 2 Eq 323. Johnston v Maclarn [2002] NSWSC 97 Jones v Green (1868) LR 5 Eq 555 Network Ten Pty Limited v TCN Channel Nine Pty Limited [2004] HCA 14 Re Galway's Will Trusts (1950) 1 CH 1
John Frederick Orr Plaintiff Renee Slender First Defendant PARTIES : Debbie Holland Second Defendant Susan Holland Third Defendant Mark Orr Fourth Defendant
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5681/2004
J. Wilson SC Plaintiff COUNSEL : A. Diethelm 1-3 Defendants
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