NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Feeney v Feeney [2008] NSWSC 890
HEARING DATE(S) : 11-13 August 2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 13 August 2008
JURISDICTION : Equity
JUDGMENT OF : White J
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 13 August 2008
DECISION : 1. Amended summons dismissed; 2. amended cross-summons dismissed; 3. exhibits may be returned after 28 days; 4. make no order as to the costs of the summons or cross-summons with the intent that each party bear his or her own costs.
CATCHWORDS : TRUSTS – termination of trust – rule in Saunders v Vautier – property vested in interest but not in possession – interest was divested if beneficiary pre-deceased the resident for life – contingent beneficiaries not party to the deed – deed not effective to terminate trust - WILLS – construction and effect – acceleration of interests – surrender of right of residence – whether interests of beneficiaries accelerated - REMEDIES – equitable remedies – rectification – common intention and/or antecedent oral agreement – plaintiff and defendants had different intentions when executing deed – no clear and convincing proof - REMEDIES – equitable remedies – discretionary defences – mistake and hardship – plaintiff did not contribute to the mistake – any hardship would not amount to injustice
LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Trustee Act 1925 (NSW)
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Saunders v Vautier (1841) 4 Beav 115; 49 ER 282 CPT Custodian Pty Ltd v Commissioner of State Revenue (Vic) [2005] HCA 53; (2005) 224 CLR 98 Sir Moses Montefiore Jewish Home v Howell and Co (No 7) Pty Ltd [1984] 2 NSWLR 406 In Re Horsnaill [1909] 1 Ch 631 at 635; In re Tweedie and Miles (1884) 27 Ch D 315 Perpetual Trustee Company (Canberra) Limited v Rasker (1986) 84 FLR 268 Re Keenan; Ford v Keenan (1913) 30 WN (NSW) 214 Re Syme [1980] VR 109 Meadows v Stogdale (Supreme Court of Victoria, Campbell J, 12 July 1988, unreported) Collins v Equity Trustees Executors and Agency Co Ltd [1997] 2 VR 166 Bassett v Bassett [2003] NSWSC 691; (2003) 58 NSWLR 258 Western Australian Real Estate Custodian Limited v WJ Green & Co (1984) Pty Ltd [2006] WASC 278 Tompkins v Simmons (1931) 44 CLR 546 Re Taylor (deceased) [1957] 1 WLR 1043 CASES CITED : Maralinga Pty Ltd v Major Enterprises Pty Ltd (1973) 128 CLR 336 Pukallus v Cameron (1982) 180 CLR 447 Fowler v Fowler (1859) 4 De G & J 250; 45 ER 97 Australian Gypsum Ltd v Hume Steel Ltd (1930) 45 CLR 54 Crane v Hegeman-Harris Co Inc [1939] 1 All ER 662 Joscelyne v Nissen [1970] 2 QB 86 The Olympic Pride [1980] 2 Lloyd's Rep 67 Taylor v Johnson (1983) 151 CLR 422 Bush v National Australia Bank Ltd (1992) 35 NSWLR 390 Winks v W H Heck & Sons Pty Ltd [1986] 1 Qd R 226 Moratic Pty Ltd v Gordon [2007] NSWSC 5; (2007) 13 BPR 24,713 Ryledar Pty Ltd v Euphoric Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 65 Public Trustees v Smith [2008] NSWSC 397 Slee v Warke (1949) 86 CLR 271 Feeney v Feeney [2008] NSWSC 298
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