Australia, March 29 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on Feb. 28:
1. BASTEN AJA: These proceedings concern the continued existence of a trust created by Hok Njan Tjiong by a letter to his son George Tjiong dated 15 March 1976. The legal effect of the letter, as determined by Palmer J in proceedings in the Equity Division in March 2009, was to create a trust with respect to a home unit purchased for $25,000. [1]
Background
Origins of the trust
2. The letter, translated from a mixture of Indonesian, Dutch and English, was set out in Palmer J's judgment at [13]. The home unit was to be registered in George Tjiong's name for three reasons. First, it was said to be "without caveat of my inte...