Private International Law

Lever v Attorney General of NSW [2018] NSWSC 838 (29 May 2018)

EQUITY – Charitable trusts — private international law — validity of testamentary gift to a foreign executor applying the gift to a charitable purpose in a foreign jurisdiction — how the foreign charitable purpose is to be assessed — Hague Convention — evidence of foreign law.   

Dr Christos Mantziaris represented the Attorney General (NSW).

Reasons for the decision can be found here.