Kostka v The Ukrainian Council of NSW Incorporated [2013] NSWSC 222

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Kostka v The Ukrainian Council of NSW Incorporated [2013] NSWSC 222 Hearing dates: 6 December 2012 Decision date: 26 March 2013 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Young AJ Decision: All relevant gifts held charitable; cy pres scheme approved Catchwords: Charities-Gift to ethnic women's association-whether charitable-whether cy-près scheme may be ordered where there is no express trust Legislation Cited: Charities Act 2006 (Imp) Cases Cited: Attorney General (NSW) v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd [1940] HCA 12; 63 CLR 209 (Milly Milly case) Attorney-General for the State of NSW v Adams [1908] HCA 51; 7 CLR 100 Commissioner of Valuation for Northern Ireland v Fermanagh Protestant Board of education [1969] 1 WLR 1708 (HL) Commissioners for Special Purposes of the Income Tax v Pemsel [1891] AC 531 Flynn v Mamarika (1996) 130 FLR 218 Gray v Australian Cancer Foundation for Medical Research [1999] NSWSC 492 (Young J) Halpin v CR Seear [1977] Ch Com Rep at 34-36 In re Buckton [1907] 2 Ch 406 In re Wallace [1908] VLR 636 McGrath v Cohen [1978] 1 NSWLR 621 Moggridge v Thackwell (1802) 7 Ves Jr 36; 32 ER 15 Molly Varnum Chapter DAR v City of Lowell 204 Mass 487 (1910) Moran v House [1924] HCA 44; 35 CLR 60 Murdocca v Murdocca (No 2) [2002] NSWSC 505 National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children v Scottish National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children [1915] AC 207 Permanent Trustee Company Limited Re State of New South Wales (Santow J 23 November 1995 Unreported) Radmanovich v Nedeljovic (2001) 52 NSWLR 641 Re Bennett [1960] Ch 18 Re De Little [1943] St R Qd 31 Re Societa Unita and Town of Govenhurst (1977) 16 OR (2d) 785 affirmed (1978) 6 MPLR 172 Roche v Attorney General (Young J 11 March 1993 Unreported) Townsend v Adult Deaf & Dumb Society (Bowen CJ in Eq 26 May 1975 Unreported) Vancouver Society of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women v Minister for National Revenue (1999) 169 DLR (4th) 34 Victorian Women Lawyers Association Inc v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2008) 170 FCR 318 Texts Cited: 4th edition of Picarda "The Law and Practice Relating to Charities" (Bloomsbury Professional 2010) 9th edition of "Tudor on Charities" Ford & Lee, The Law of Trusts [20.290] Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff - Wolodymyr Kostka Defendant 1 - The Ukrainian Council Of NSW Incorporated Defendant 2 - The Ukrainian Central School in Sydney Incorporated Defendant 3 - Trustees of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Australia, Eparchy of St Peter and Paul Of Melbourne ARBN 093 079 951 Defendant 4 - Veselka Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Sydney Incorporated Defendant 5 - Ukrainian Youth Association Of Australia (Sydney) Limited Defendant 6 - Olesj Mykolaiovich Humenuik as representative of All Ukrainian Brotherhood of OUN -UPA Defendant 7 - Ukrainian Women's Association (UWA) NSW Defendant 8 - The Ukrainian Society Cooperative Limited Defendant 9 - The State of New South Wales, Attorney General of NSW Interested Party 1 - Shan Irene Wolody Interested Party 2 - Odarka Brecko Other - Krystina Hantel (Cl 11 of will) Other 1 - All Ukrainian Organisation of Invalids at War, Armed Forces and Combatants (non-party) Other 2 - Ukrainian Association of Political Prisoners and Repressed (non-party) Other 3 - Lviv Regional Organisation of the League of Political Prisoners of Ukraine (non-party) Other 4 - Ukrainian Womens' Association, Lidcombe (non-party) Representation: Counsel: P - M Gorrick D1,7 - Thomas Tarmo & Co (sol) D2,8, Other1, 2, 3 - N Bilinsky D3,4,5, Other4 - JE Armfield D6 - O Suchowersky (sol) D9 - P Herzfeld Other - Tomaras Lawyers (sol) Solicitors: P - Ritchie & Associates D1,7 - Thomas Tarmo & Co D2,8 - Horowitz & Bilinsky Solicitors D3,5, Other 4 - Michael Parasyn Solicitor D4 - HWL Ebsworth D6 - Northern Suburbs Lawyers D9 - Crown Solicitor Other - Tomaras Lawyers Other 1 - Olekisy Shemishan (non-party) Other 2 - Petro Franko (non-party) Other 3 - Volodymyr Horoyi (non-party) File Number(s): 2011/109938