NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Manns v Attorney General of New South Wales & Ors [2010] NSWSC 12
HEARING DATE(S) : 16 September 2009
JUDGMENT DATE : 28 January 2010
JURISDICTION : Equity
JUDGMENT OF : Slattery J at 1
DECISION : See paragraphs [64] and [65] of judgment
CATCHWORDS : SUCCESSION - wills, probate and administration - probate and letters of administration - construction of terms of will - gift for charitable or non charitable purposes severed by application of s 23 Charitable Trust Act 1923 (NSW) - uncertainty alleged in defining trust property and distribution mechanism - trust valid
Charitable Trusts Act 1993 (NSW) s 23 Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) s 37D LEGISLATION CITED : De Facto Relationships Act 1984 (NSW) Probate Administration Act 1989 (NSW) Succession Act 2006 (NSW) Wills Probate and Administration Act 1898 (NSW)
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Abbott v Middleton (1858) 7 HLC 68; 11 ER 28 Allgood v Blake (1873) LR8Ex 160 Attorney General (NSW) v Adams (1908) 7 CLR 100 Attorney General for NSW v NSW Henry George Foundation Ltd [2002] NSWSC 1128 Brodbelt v Thomson (1858)12 Moo PC 116; 14 ER 855 Chichester Diocesan Fund & Board of Finance v Simpson (Diplock's case) [1944] AC 341 Corish v Attorney-General (NSW) [2006] NSWSC 1219 Coshott v Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (1996) 40 NSWLR 446 Darkinjung Pty Ltd v Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council & Ors [2006] NSWSC 1008 Dwyer v Kaljo (1992) 27 NSWLR 728 Edwards & Ors v Attorney General & Anor [2004] NSWCA 272; (2004) 60 NSWLR 667 CASES CITED : Hadaway v Hadaway [1955] 1 WLR 16 Macedonian Orthodox Community Church St Petka Inc v His Eminence Petar The Diocesan Bishop of Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand [2008] HCA 42; (2008) 237 CLR 66 Pocock v AG (1876) 3 ChD 342 Public Trustee v Attorney-General of New South Wales (1997) 42 NSWLR 600 Re Ashton (decd) (1955) NZLR 192 Re Atkinson's Will [1978] 1 All ER 1275 Re Campbell (decd); Campbell v Sherwell [1999] VSC 508 Re Cox (decd); Edwin G Baker v National Trust Co Ltd [1955] AC 627 Rudge v Link [2008] NSWSC 1104 Sir Moses Montefiore Jewish Home v Howell & Co (No 7) Pty Limited [1984] 2 NSWLR 406 Smith v West Australian Trustee Executor and Agency Co Limited (1950) 81 LCR 320 Stratton v Simpson (1970) 125 CLR 138 Union Trustee Company of Australia Limited v Church of England Property Trust (1946) 46 SR(NSW) 298
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