Thursday, September 17, 2009

New Judgments Supreme Court of Tasmania

Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees Ltd v Bell [2009] TASSC 79 (11 September 2009)

Succession - Wills, probate and administration - Construction and effect of testamentary dispositions - Generally - Gifts to survivors - Meaning of term and period to which referable - Meaning of "Survivors of them" - Whether extends to spouse of one who did not survive.Knight v Knight [1912] HCA 36; (1912) 14 CLR 86; Brennan v Permanent Trustee Company of New South Wales Limited [1945] HCA 17; (1945) 73 CLR 404, applied.Aust Dig Succession [185]

P v Tasmania [2009] TASSC 81 (11 September 2009)

Criminal Law - Evidence - Relevance - Particular cases - Relationship evidence - Rape - Evidence of prior uncharged rapes and violence - Admitted to place evidence of complainant in context.

Department of Police and Emergency Management v Greaves [2009] TASSC 77 (10 September 2009)

Criminal Law - Appeal and new trial - Appeal against sentence - Appeals by Crown - Principles applied by appellate court to Crown appeals.

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