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1: Kennon v Spry; Spry v Kennon [2008] HCA 56 | August 21, 2014
Court or Tribunal: High Court of Australia
Catchwords: Family Trust, Wills & Probate
Judges:  French CJGummow CJHayne JHeydon JKiefel J

Background: This involved a senior Melbourne QC. Before he was married he had set up a trust, and he was the trustee and was entitled to vary the terms of the trust. The beneficiaries were himself, his siblings, their children and their spouses. By two amendments, both the husband and the wife were excluded from the list of beneficiaries. The last amendment was effected at a time when the marriage was in trouble. The husband as trustee subsequently moved several million dollars from the trust to their children and to trusts for the children. 
 
  [Legal Issue]The existence of a family trust has caused difficulties in Family Law property disputes, because if, say, the husband is a beneficiary under a trust, he does not actually own anything until a distribution is decided upon. The Family Court's power is to deal with "property", and so there were real doubts about the court's ability to make orders about a possible entitlement under a trust.   [Court Orders]The legal ramifications with family trusts as a result of Kennon and Spry suggests that a family trust is not intended to be used to disadvantage a spouse following a marriage breakdown. The use of s.106B, s.85A are powerful weapons and when you weave in submissions concerning the right of due administration and due consideration these make it very difficult to exclude a spouse from some entitlement under a trust. However we may not have heard the end of the case as questions of enforcement      



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