Metropolitan Petar v Mitreski [2005] NSWSC 330

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Metropolitan Petar v Mitreski [2005] NSWSC 330

HEARING DATE(S) : 28 February, 14 and 31 March 2005

JUDGMENT DATE : 31 March 2005

JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J

DECISION : Further amendment of statement of claim in part refused and in part allowed. Insofar as leave to maintain the proceedings after this amendment is necessary, leave is granted under s 6 of the Charitable Trusts Act 1993.

CATCHWORDS : CHARITIES [140] - Administration and control by Court - Parties - Attorney General - When necessary or proper party - Application for leave to maintain amended proceedings under Charitable Trust Act 1993 s 6 - PROCEDURE [101] - Supreme Court procedure - Practice under Supreme Court Rules - Amendment - Application to amend statement of claim after judgment on questions tried separately on basis partly in accord and partly not in accord with case conducted at trial.

LEGISLATION CITED : Charitable Trusts Act 1993 s 6

AG v Pearson (1835) 7 Sim 290 AG v Shore (1836) 7 Sim 309n Guazzini v Pateson (1918) 18 SR (NSW) 275 Horton v Jones (No 2) (1939) 39 SR (NSW) 305 Hunter v Hunter [1938] NZLR 520 Letterstedt v Broers (1884) 9 App Cas 371 Metropolitan Petar v Mitreski [2001] NSWSC 976 Metropolitan Petar v Mitreski [2001] NSWSC 994 Metropolitan Petar v Mitreski [2003] NSWSC 262 Metropolitan Petar v Mitreski [2003] NSWSC 1089 CASES CITED : Miller v Cameron (1936) 54 CLR 572 Officer v Haynes (1877) 3 VLR Eq 115 Porteous v Rinehart (1998) 19 WAR 495 Titterton v Oates (1998) 143 FLR 467 Ford & Lee, "Principles of the Law of Trusts" (3rd ed, 1996) [8370] Lewin on Trusts (17th ed 2000) par 13-44 Picarda, The Law and Practice Relating to Charities (3rd ed, 1999) 466 - 467 IVA Scott on Trusts (4th ed, 1989) par 387 Story's Equity Jurisprudence s 1289 Tudor on Charities (9th ed, 2003) par 5-037