Austin & Anor v Wells & Ors [2008] NSWSC 1266

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Austin & Anor v Wells & Ors [2008] NSWSC 1266

HEARING DATE(S) : 20/08/08, 11/08/08 and 21/10/08

JUDGMENT DATE : 28 November 2008

JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : White J

DECISION : 1. Pursuant to r 10.14(3) of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules direct that the amended summons be taken to have been served on the fourth defendant on 4 September 2008; 2. make the declarations and order in paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 of the amended summons; 3. exhibit may be returned.

CATCHWORDS : WILLS - construction - whether interest in property is vested or contingent - meaning of 'vest'

LEGISLATION CITED : Trustee Act 1925 (NSW)

Saunders v Vautier (1841) 4 Beav 115; 49 ER 282 (affirmed (1841) Cr & Ph 240; 41 ER 482). CPT Custodian Pty Ltd v Commisisoner of State Revenue (Vic) [2005] HCA 53; (2005) 224 CLR 98 Gosling v Gosling (1859) Johns 265; 70 ER 423 Marks v Trustees Executors and Agency Co Ltd (1948) 77 CLR 497 Jenkins v Stewart (1906) 3 CLR 799 Fell v Fell (1922) 31 CLR 268 Re Butler [1980] Qd R 601 Bickersteth v Shanu [1936] AC 290 CASES CITED : re Blackwell [1926] Ch 223 Glanvill v Glanvill (1816) 2 Mer 38; 35 ER 855 re Francis [1905] 2 Ch 295 In re Boden [1907] 1 Ch 132 Commissioner of Pay-Roll Tax v R G Elsegood & Co Pty Ltd [1983] 1 NSWLR 223 Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd v Fenton (1940) 40 SR (NSW) 382 Fox v Fox (1875) LR 19 Eq 286 In re Ussher [1922] 2 Ch 321 In re Blackwell; In re Hume [1912] 1 Ch 693