Keulemans v Attorney-General, New South Wales [2013] NSWSC 1772

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Keulemans v Attorney-General, New South Wales [2013] NSWSC 1772 Hearing dates: 4 September 2013 Decision date: 02 December 2013 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: White J Decision: Counsel for the plaintiff to bring in short minutes of order consistent with these reasons. Catchwords: SUCCESSION - wills, probate and administration - construction of will - whether will should be construed to qualify type of "foundation or trust" to be established - rectification of will - whether will reflects intentions of testator - difficulty formulating with precision testator's instructions to solicitor drafting will PROCEDURE - costs - costs of parties to be paid out of estate - where litigation is with respect to a particular gift in the will - whether burden of costs should be born by that gift Legislation Cited: Charitable Trusts Act 1993 Succession Act 2006 Probate and Administration Act 1898 Civil Procedure Act 2005 Trustee Act 1925 Cases Cited: Attorney-General v Donnelly (1958) 98 CLR 538 Public Trustee v Attorney-General of NSW (1997) 42 NSWLR 600 ANZ Trustees Limited v Hamlet [2010] VSC 207 Lockrey v Ferris [2011] NSWSC 179 Perrin v Morgan [1943] AC 399 Hatzantonis v Lawrence [2003] NSWSC 914 Public Trustee v Herbert [2009] NSWSC 366 Leader v Duffey (1888) 13 App Cas 294 Ward v Brown [1916] 2 AC 121 Kirby-Smith v Parnell [1903] 1 Ch 483 Fell v Fell (1922) 31 CLR 268 Coorey v George (Powell J, 27 February 1986, unreported; BC8601222) Perpetual Trustee Co Limited v Wright (1987) 9 NSWLR 18 Fairbairn v Varvaressos (2010) 78 NSWLR 577 Rawack v Spicer [2002] NSWSC 849 In Re Stone; Read v Dubua (1936) 36 SR (NSW) 508 Pohlner v Pfeiffer (1964) 112 CLR 52 Re Buckton; Buckton v Buckton [1907] 2 Ch 406 Murdocca v Murdocca (No. 2) [2002] NSWSC 505 Moran v House (1924) 35 CLR 60 Ledgerwood v Perpetual Trustee Company Limited (No. 2) (Young J, Supreme Court of New South Wales, 25 August 1997, unreported; BC9704806) Perpetual Trustee Co Limited v Paling (1924) 25 SR (NSW) 56 Kostka v Ukrainian Council of NSW Inc [2013] NSWSC 222 Texts Cited: Theobald on Wills, Sweet and Maxwell, 17th ed 2010 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Hendrik Jan Keulemans (Plaintiff) Attorney-General, New South Wales (Defendant) Lorna May Nicholl (2nd Defendant) Representation: Counsel: G O Blake SC with S K Hill (Plaintiff) A Hochroth (1st Defendant) L Ellison SC (2nd Defendant) Solicitors: CBD Law (Plaintiff) Crown Solicitor (1st Defendant) Cooney Harvey Doney (2nd Defendant) File Number(s): 2012/390933