Re Recher's Will Trusts
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Date | 1971 |
| Year | 1971 |
| Court | Chancery Division |
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28 cases
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Hanchett-Stamford v Attorney General and Others
...case, because we are dealing with assets that already belong to the League. So there is no question of any gift having failed. In Re Recher's Will Trusts [1972] Ch 526 Brightman J adopted this three-fold classification; as did Lawrence Collins J in Hunt v McLaren [] EWHC 2386 (Ch). In Re Re......
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Re St Andrew's (Cheam) Lawn Tennis Club Trust; Philippe and Others v Cameron and Others
...the association as a quasi-corporate entity. In this case the gift will fail unless the association is a charitable body." 61 In re Recher's Will Trusts [1972] Ch 526 , upon which counsel for the Club relied, is perfectly consistent with this analysis. Brightman J not only expressly adop......
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Universe Tankships Inc. of Monrovia v International Transport Workers Federation (Marine)
...the fiduciary, obligation of repayment. It was held that a trust was created. An example to the opposite effect is to be found in re Recher's Will Trusts (1972) Ch. 526. Recher was concerned with the validity of a bequest in favour of "The Anti-Vivisection Society". The case was complicate......
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The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Brent v Leonard Johnson (claiming to be a Trustee of Harlesden Peoples Community Council)
...devote their funds in pursuit of some lawful non-charitable purpose. An obvious example is a members' social club” [referring to Re Rechers Will Trusts [1972] Ch 526 at 538] where it would in most cases be difficult to find an intention to create a trust. Their assets, whether donations or......
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5 books & journal articles
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Table of Cases
...3 All ER 949, [1974] STC 539, HL 200 Recher’s Will Trusts, Re; National Westminster Bank Ltd v National Anti-Vivisection Society Ltd [1972] Ch 526, [1971] 3 WLR 321, [1971] 3 All ER 401, ChD 9 Redgrave v Hurd (1881–2) 20 Ch D 1, 57 LJ Ch 113, 30 WR 251, CA 138 Reed (Inspector of Taxes) v Yo......
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THE RATIONALISATION OF DIRECTORS’ DUTIES IN SINGAPORE
...2004, which came into effect on 15 December 2004. 117 Tjio, “Contract, Property and Unincorporated Associations”(1993) 5 SAcLJ 112. 118 [1972] Ch 526. 119 Although they may care that insiders could have sold before the inevitable and eventual disclosure of the negative information — discrim......
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Introduction
...service firms, and their use for other types of business and other purposes is developing. 6 See further Re Recher’s Will Trusts [1972] Ch 526. ...
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Practical Issues when Taking Instructions and at Execution
...number to ensure that: (a) it is a registered charity; and (b) it is accurately identified. Brightman J said in Re Recher’s Will Trust [1972] Ch 526 that it was the draftsman’s ‘elementary duty’ not only to get the name right, but also to ensure that the institution was in existence at the ......
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