Reinhard v Bell [2015] NSWSC 818

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Reinhard v Bell [2015] NSWSC 818 Hearing dates: 1 April 2015 Date of orders: 25 June 2015 Decision date: 25 June 2015 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Darke J Decision: Declaration made as to true construction of gift in will. Catchwords: SUCCESSION – wills – construction of will – whether clear that error in expression occurred – whether intended expression clear – typographical error – whether "of" should be read as "or" Legislation Cited: Trustee Act 1925 (NSW) s 63 Cases Cited: Aboud v Aboud [1960] NSWR 498 In re Dayrell; Hastie v Dayrell [1904] 2 Ch 496 Tatham v Huxtable (1950) 81 CLR 639 at 645 and 651 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ian Arthur Reinhard as trustee of the estate of the late William Gotlett Reinhard (first plaintiff) Warren Reinhard as trustee of the estate of the late William Gotlett Reinhard (second plaintiff)

Maureen Frances Bell (first defendant) Kenneth William Reinhard (second defendant) Gary John Reinhard (third defendant) Murray Frederick Reinhard (fourth defendant) Lorraine McConnell (fifth defendant) Robyn Lynette Denkel (sixth defendant) Bradley John Reinhard (seventh defendant) Glenn Frances Reinhard (eighth defendant) Malcolm Graham Trowell (ninth defendant) John Ricahrd Trowell (tenth defendant) Janice Kaye Lithgow (eleventh defendant) Ronald Joseph Reinhard (twelfth defendant) Ann Elizabeth Gilberthorpe (thirteenth defendant) Adrian Brett Johnson (fourteenth defendant) Debbra Ann Bell (fifteenth defendant) Allan William Bell (sixteenth defendant) James Herbert Bell (seventeenth defendant) Andrew Reinhard (eighteenth defendant) Representation: Counsel: Ms G Mahony (plaintiffs)