NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Hammond v Hammond [2007] NSWSC 106
HEARING DATE(S) : 30/11/06
JUDGMENT DATE : 21 February 2007
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq
DECISION : Unless further submissions lead to different view of construction of will, FPA proceedings to be dismissed. Costs of all parties out of estate.
CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION [198]- Will- Construction- Gift to brother on condition that he ensures testator's son "never wants for anything"- Whether the condition gives rise to an equitable personal obligation- If so, whether brother has accepted the gift- Personal liability of the brother enforceable by way of injunction or an order for equitable compensation.
LEGISLATION CITED : Family Provision Act 1982 Protected Estates Act 1983
Abraham v Alman (1826) 1 Russ 509; 38 ER 196 Batt Anns (1841) 11 LJ Ch 52 Bective (Countess) v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1932) 47 CLR 417 Broad v Bevan (1823) 1 Russ 517; 38 ER 198 Gill v Gill (1921) 21 SR (NSW) 400 Jackson v Hamilton (1846) 9 Irish Equity R 430; 3 Jo & Lat 702 CASES CITED : Muschinski v Dodds (1985) 160 CLR 583 Re Boning [1997] 2 Qd R 12 Re Hodge [1940] Ch 260 Re Moore (1886) 55 LJ Ch 418 Re SBH [1936] NZLR 756 Re Williames (1885) 54 LT 105 Singer v Berghouse (1994) 181 CLR 201 Williams v Williams [1987] 2 Ch 12
John Joseph Hammond (by his next friend Sabina Hammond) (P1) PARTIES : Luke John Hammond (P2) Chere Anne Hammond (P3) Terence Sydney Hammond (D)
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