Re Wills' Trust Deeds; Wills v Godfrey

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtChancery Division
Year1963
Date1963

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9 cases
  • Muir v Commissioners of Inland Revenue
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal
    • 25 May 1966
    ...however, and the judge so held, that this is contrary to the authority expressed in the decision of Mr. Justice Euckley in re ( Wills 1964 Chancery 219). That was a case which depended upon the construction of the trust deeds there in question and rested on the view that a power in the natu......
  • Clayton v Clayton
    • New Zealand
    • Court of Appeal
    • 26 February 2015
    ...above n 65, at [1.76] and [8.88], Fox, above n 62, 285 at [11 – 001], and Thomas, above n 93, at [1.55]. 105 Re Will's Trust Deeds [1964] Ch 219 at 106 At 237. 107In re Gulbenkian's Settlements, above n 54, at 518. 108Kennon v Spry [2008] HCA 56, (2008) 238 CLR 366 at [46]. Gummow, Hayne a......
  • Mettoy Pension Trustees Ltd v Evans
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • Invalid date
    ...Ch. 509 Weller v. Ker (1866) L.R. 1 Sc. & Div. 11 Welman v. Welman (1880) 15 Ch. D. 570 Wills' Trust Deeds, In re [1964] Ch. 219; [1963] 2 W.L.R. 1318; [1963] 1 All E.R. 390 Wollaston v. Tribe (1869) L.R. 9 Eq. 44 The following additional cases were cited in argument: Ayerst v. C. &......
  • Clayton v Clayton CA438/2013
    • New Zealand
    • Court of Appeal
    • 26 February 2015
    ...Mitchell, above n 65, at [1.76] and [8.88], Fox, above n 62, 285 at [11– 001], and Thomas, above n 93, at [1.55]. Re Will’s Trust Deeds [1964] Ch 219 at [105] Buckley J also recognised the same approach applied when, as in Mr Clayton’s case, a power is conferred on a person who is a trustee......
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3 books & journal articles
  • English trust law principles
    • United Kingdom
    • Oxford University Press Books and Journals International Trust Disputes (Second Edition) Part I
    • Invalid date
    ...of a complaining beneficiary.173 This rule is considered in detail in chapter 9. 165 Turner v Turner [1984] Ch 100 (Ch). 166 Re Wills’ Trust Deeds [1964] Ch 219 (Ch). 167 Duke of Portland v Topham (1864) 11 HL Cas 32, at 52, 11 ER 1242, at 1251; Vatcher v Paull [1915] AC 372 (PC), at 378; E......
  • English fiduciary standards and trust law.
    • United States
    • Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law Vol. 32 No. 3, May 1999
    • 1 May 1999
    ...of Trusts and Powers of Appointment, 98 LAW Q. REV. 551, 580 (1982); THOMAS, supra note 119, at 25. (124.) See In re Wills' Trust Deeds, [1964] Ch. 219, (125.) See Steele v. Paz Ltd., [1993-95] Manx L.R. 102, 426 (where fiduciary powers are contrasted with "mere" or "bare" powers); Mettoy P......
  • Table of cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Invalid date
    ...v Williams [2003] EWHC 742 (Ch) � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 10�n65 Re Wills’ Trust Deeds [1964] Ch 219 (Ch) � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 1�n166 Wilson v Law Debenture Trust C......