Kennon v Spry

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
JudgeFrench CJ
Judgment Date03 December 2008
Neutral Citation[2008] HCA 56,2008-1203 HCA B
CourtHigh Court
Docket NumberM25/2008
Date03 December 2008
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70 cases
  • Clayton v Clayton
    • New Zealand
    • Court of Appeal
    • 26 February 2015
    ...105 Re Will's Trust Deeds [1964] Ch 219 at 228. 106 At 237. 107In re Gulbenkian's Settlements, above n 54, at 518. 108Kennon v Spry [2008] HCA 56, (2008) 238 CLR 366 at [46]. Gummow, Hayne and Kiefel JJ determined the case in the same way as French CJ but without addressing this issue. Hey......
  • Mark Arnold Clayton v Melanie Ann Clayton
    • New Zealand
    • Supreme Court
    • 23 March 2016
    ...need to interpret the term “property” in anything other than its strict sense: See Matrimonial Causes Act, above n 27. 38 Kennon v Spry [2008] HCA 56, (2008) 238 CLR 366. 39 Family Law Act 1975 (Cth), s 4. 40 Kennon v Spry, above n 38, at [64]. 41 At [89]. 42 Tasarruf Mevduati Sigorta Fonu ......
  • Commissioner of State Revenue v Placer Dome Inc.
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 5 December 2018
    ...[2004] HCA 56, quoting Carpenter, “Interference with Contract Relations”, (1928) 41 Harvard Law Review 728 at 733. 158 Eg Kennon v Spry (2008) 238 CLR 366 at 396–398 [89]–[92], 408 [126]; [2008] HCA 56; Willmott Growers Group Inc v Willmott Forests Ltd (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (In......
  • Questions Referred to the Court of Disputed Returns Pursuant to Section 376 of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (CTH) Concerning Mr Robert John Day AO
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 5 April 2017
    ...of the Australasian Federal Convention, (Sydney), 21 September 1897 at 1022–1027. 90 (1975) 132 CLR 270 at 286. 91 Cf Kennon v Spry (2008) 238 CLR 366 at 417 [160]; [2008] HCA 92 Re Introductions Ltd [1969] 1 All ER 887 at 888. 93 Constitution, s 47; Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth), ......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Kennon V. Spry - The High Court And Discretionary Family Trusts
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 9 June 2009
    ...a beneficiary has the right to ensure the trustee properly administers the trust in accordance with the trust deed. In Kennon v. Spry [2008] HCA 56, the High Court grappled with a number of questions involving these trusts for the purpose of property settlement pursuant to section 79 of the......
2 books & journal articles
  • The Importance of Full and Frank Disclosure in Family Law Financial Proceedings and the Many Consequences of Non-Disclosure
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 45-1, March 2017
    • 1 March 2017
    ...(Watson SJ, Murray and Wood JJ); In Marriage of Best (1993) 116 FLR 343, 355 (Fogarty, Lindenmayer a nd McGovern JJ); Kennon v Spry (2008) 238 CLR 366, 387–8 [54], 390 [64] (French CJ). 95 In Marriage of Mitchell (1995) 120 FLR 292, 304 (Nicholson CJ, Fogarty and Jordan JJ). 96 In the Marri......
  • Trusts and statutes.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 39 No. 2, December 2015
    • 1 December 2015
    ...(67) (2006) 15 VR 87, 108 [107]. (68) Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Carey [No 6] (2006) 153 FCR 509; Kennon v Spry (2008) 238 CLR 366. (69) [1996] 1 AC 421, (70) Worthington, above n 62, 162.

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