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Wills and estates 2023 BCSC 2278

Weir Estate (Re)

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Supreme Court of British Columbia

The court found a general charitable intent in the failed AVUSA gift and applied cy-près, splitting it between RSPCA SA and Humane Research Australia. The SCDS gift failed and passed on intestacy.

  • Cy-près distribution
  • General charitable intent
  • Lapse of gift
  • Construction of will
  • Intestacy
  • Cy-pres-distribution
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