NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Martin v Martin [2010] NSWSC 700
HEARING DATE(S) : 9/12/09; 28/05/10
JUDGMENT DATE : 30 June 2010
JURISDICTION : Equity
JUDGMENT OF : White J
DECISION : Stand the matter down for the Minister to be served and for counsel to bring in short minutes of order.
CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION – where testator bequeathed farm to plaintiff – on construction of will whether bequest of property included water licence – admissibility of surrounding circumstances to construe will – where water licence initially granted under Water Act 1912 – where new statutory regime under Water Management Act 2000 replaced licence entitlements under Water Act 1912 – construction of statutory entitlements of testator and plaintiff under Water Act 1912 and Water Management Act 2000 – meaning of "occupier"
Water Management Act 2000 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Water Act 1912 (NSW) Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) Probate and Administration Act 1898 (NSW)
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Elders Rural Finance Limited v Westpac Banking Corporation (1989) 6 BPR 13,439 Water Administration Ministerial Corporation; In re McLure (1995) 88 LGERA 278 O'Keefe and Water Administration Ministerial Corporation [2010] NSWLEC 9 CASES CITED : Abernethy v Simpson [2007] NSWSC 186 McBride v Hudson (1962) 107 CLR 604 Castle v Fox (1871) LR 11 Eq 542 Perrin v Morgan [1943] AC 399
TEXTS CITED : D Haines, Construction of Wills in Australia (2007) LexisNexis Butterworths R Geddes, C Rowland & P Studdert, Wills, Probate and Administration Law in New South Wales (1996) LBC
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