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Validity and certainty of trust
  • 3 Sept 2003

    RAVINE LAL HIRANAND v. RAMCHAND GOPALDAS HIRANAND

    Citation
    RAVINE LAL HIRANAND v. RAMCHAND GOPALDAS HIRANAND
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCSD37/2002

    The applications were dismissed because the applicants failed to establish a genuine and serious counterclaim or set-off equal to the judgment debt; contemporaneous documents (solicitor correspondence and respondent's affirmation and payment of estate duty) materially contradicted the applicants' allegations; the alleged trust claim was too uncertain and should have been raised in the prior probate action such that issue estoppel and the applicants' failure of proof required refusal to set aside the statutory demands; residual discretion under rule 48(5)(d) was not engaged.