LAW317 Study Guide - Final Guide: William Deane, Intestacy, Specific Performance
30 Jul 2018
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Three requirements for an express trust certainty of intention, subject matter and beneficiaries (or objects): knight v knight. Certainty of intention: must be an intention to create a trust (aus receivables v tekitu) However, this will not apply where: disposition of trust property not required to be in writing (e. g. personal property) boccalatte v bushelle, document not intended to be a complete expression of intention (star v. Star: parol evidence needed to establish actual intention of settlor at time of purported creation of trust (owens v lofthouse, document is ambiguous (lutheran church of aus v farmers cooperative. Executors & trustees: document created in circumstances of alleged fraud, duress or mistake (last v rosenfeld) If a document is destroyed, oral evidence may potentially be admitted regarding its existence and terms (mack v lenton) Certainty of subject matter: vague dispositio(cid:374)s (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h do (cid:374)ot ide(cid:374)tif(cid:455) the p(cid:396)ope(cid:396)t(cid:455) (cid:449)ill fail (cid:894) e apple(cid:271)(cid:455)(cid:859)s.
