NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Hirst Estate - Atkinson & Anor v Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children & Ors [2010] NSWSC 613
HEARING DATE(S) : 8 June 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 9 June 2010
JURISDICTION : Equity Division Probate List
JUDGMENT OF : Palmer J
DECISION : Gifts declared valid; cy-pres scheme ordered.
CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION – WILLS – CONSTRUCTION – CHARITABLE TRUST – CY-PRES SCHEME – Gift to "Sydney Hospital" – whether gift to separately operating hospital known as "Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital" – whether terms of gift now impracticable – whether cy-pres scheme should be ordered.
LEGISLATION CITED : Area Health Services Act 1986 (NSW) Health Services Act 1997 (NSW) – s 41(1), Schedule 2
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Jennifer Atkinson (First Plaintiff) Michael John Hetherington (Second Plaintiff) PARTIES : Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children (First Defendant) Southeastern Sydney & Illawarra Area Health Service (Second Defendant) Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (Third Defendant) Attorney General for New South Wales (Fourth Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2009/290218
J.R. Wilson SC (Plaintiffs) D.E. Perrignon, Ms E. Weisske (First Defendant) COUNSEL : P. Blackburn-Hart SC (Second Defendant) R. Horsley (Third Defendant) Ms T.L. Wong (Fourth Defendant)
C.P. White & Hetherington (Plaintiffs) Makinson & d'Apice (First Defendant) SOLICITORS : Bartier Perry (Second Defendant) Buckworth Keady (Third Defendant) I.V. Knight, Crown Solicitor (Fourth Defendant)
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