NCTPS Flashcards
What is the beneficiary principle.
Generally beneficiaries have to be identifiable humans, therefore when they’re not it is usually void.
When are NCTPS valid?
Gift
Re denley
Re Endacott
What is the perpetuity period for NCPTS?
21 years
“So far as the trust can legally do so”
NCTPS limits perpetuity period.
Re hooper 1932
Nature of the purpose means it will be completed within 21 years. Case?
Musset V bingle 1876
Court can strike out clause where it is useless.
Brown v burdett 1882
Which case brought exceptions to the to NCPTS?
The rules of Re Endacott 1960 brought the rules of which NCTPS were allowed.
Which 3 NCTPS did Re Endacott allow?
- Care of individual animals
- Graves, tombes, and monuments
- Saying of private masses
Case relating to care of individual animals?
Pettingall v pettingall 1842 - allowed
Case relating to saying of private masses and why was it allowed?
Re Thompson 1934 - Promotion of fox hunting, residue to go to colleges at Cambridge uni.
Give 2 other ways NCTPS can be valid.
- Deemed to be a gift.
- Re denley.
Case relating to gifts with a purpose.
Re bowes 1896 - courts couldn’t have done anything else.
Re denley confirmed a purpose trust is valid if -
1 it is directly or indirectly for the benefit of individuals provided the individuals are ascertainable.
2. The trust is expressly limited in perpetuity.
3. There was a gift over in default.
What does a gift over in default mean?
Provided what would happen with the land when the perpetuity period came to an end.
What is an unincorporated association?
An organisation set up through an agreement between a group of people who come together for a reason other than to make profit (e.g. a sports club)