NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Chang v Tjiong & Ors [2009] NSWSC 122
HEARING DATE(S) : 3 and 4 March 2009
JUDGMENT DATE : 4 March 2009
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Palmer J
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 4 March 2009
DECISION : Judgment for Defendants; Plaintiff's costs to be paid out of trustee's estate.
CATCHWORDS : TRUSTS – whether property held upon a trust in terms contained in letters between father and son – whether letters precatory – whether terms of trust contained limited power of appointment. - COSTS – proceedings arose from trustee's failure to document terms of trust and make them apparent to executor – whether usual costs order should be made.
LEGISLATION CITED : Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) – s.48
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
- Baden's Deed Trusts, Re (No 2) [1973] Ch 9 - Cutcliffe's Estate, Re [1959] P 6 - Emmet's Estate, In re (1881) 17 Ch D 142 CASES CITED : - Hawkesley v May [1956] 1 QB 304 - Hodges, Re (1988) 14 NSWLR 698 - McPhail v Doulton [1971] AC 424 - Shorten v Shorten (No 2) [2003] NSWCA 60
TEXTS CITED : - Ford & Lee "Principles of the Law of Trusts" [9150]
Soei Lan Chang (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Richard Tat Tjhien Tjiong (First Defendant) Katrina May Lan Tjiong (Second Defendant) Lindsay Kuang Djin Tjiong (Third Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2078/06
L.J. Ellison SC (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : P. Kennedy (Sol) (First Defendant) M.B. Evans (Second and Third Defendants)
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