Glenella One Pty Ltd v Duncan (No 3) [2015] NSWSC 1003

Glenella One Pty Ltd v Duncan (No 3) [2015] NSWSC 1003

The Court granted the application because the material showed that Mr Weaver did not have power to appoint Ms Thomas as trustee of the Turtle Trust, yet had asserted that she was the trustee, creating reasonable grounds to apprehend risk to the security of the trust assets affecting Mr Duncan's interests. The stay was lifted only so far as necessary, Ms Thomas was joined, and injunctive relief was warranted.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
21 July 2015
Procedural Posture
Ex Parte Application for an Injunction / Notice of Motion
Outcome
Stay of proceedings lifted only for the purpose of determining the application; Joanne Thomas added as a defendant; injunction granted as sought in the notice of motion.
Legal Topics
['restraint on Disposing of Trust Assets' 'appointment of Replacement Trustee' 'stay of Proceedings' 'joinder of Defendant']
['injunctions' 'trusts' 'civil Procedure'] ['restraint on Disposing of Trust Assets' 'appointment of Replacement Trustee' 'stay of Proceedings' 'joinder of Defendant']

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Procedural Posture

Ex Parte Application for an Injunction / Notice of Motion

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the stay of proceedings should be lifted to determine the injunction application.' 'Whether Joanne Thomas should be joined as a defendant to the proceedings.' 'Whether an injunction should be granted to restrain parties from disposing of trust assets or purporting to appoint a replacement trustee where there was a reasonable apprehension that a trustee had been purportedly appointed without power.']

Ratio Decidendi

The Court granted the application because the material showed that Mr Weaver did not have power to appoint Ms Thomas as trustee of the Turtle Trust, yet had asserted that she was the trustee, creating reasonable grounds to apprehend risk to the security of the trust assets affecting Mr Duncan's interests. The stay was lifted only so far as necessary, Ms Thomas was joined, and injunctive relief was warranted.

Court Disposition

Stay of proceedings lifted only for the purpose of determining the application; Joanne Thomas added as a defendant; injunction granted as sought in the notice of motion.

Orders

  • ['Stay of proceedings lifted only to the extent necessary to determine the notice of motion filed in court on 21 July 2015.' 'Joanne Thomas joined as a defendant to the proceedings.' 'Injunction granted as sought in the notice of motion.']