| Attorney-General (NSW) v Donnelly | |
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| Court | High Court of Australia |
| Decided | 11 March 1958 |
| Citations | [1958] HCA 1, (1958) 98 CLR 538] |
| Case history | |
| Prior actions | Supreme Court of NSW per Myers J, "Reasons for judgment" (PDF). 11 April 1957. pp. 34–44. |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Dixon CJ, McTiernan, Williams, Webb and Kitto JJ |
| Leahy v Attorney-General (NSW) | |
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| Court | Privy Council |
| Decided | 20 April 1959 |
| Citations | [1959] UKPC 9, [1959] AC 457; [1959] UKPCHCA 3, (1959) 101 CLR 611 |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Viscount Simonds Lord Morton of Henryton Lord Cohen Lord Somervell of Harrow and Lord Denning |
Leahy v Attorney-General for New South Wales is an Australian and English trusts law case involving a charitable trust, heard by the High Court of Australia in 1958,[1] and the Privy Council in 1959.[2] The proceeding concerned the validity a gift to an unincorporated body, concluding that gifts in trust "cannot be made to a purpose or to an object" except for charitable circumstances.
- ^ Attorney-General (NSW) v Donnelly [1958] HCA 1, (1958) 98 CLR 538 (11 March 1958), High Court (Australia)
- ^ Leahy v Attorney-General for NSW [1959] UKPC 9, [1959] AC 457; [1959] UKPCHCA 3, (1959) 101 CLR 611 (20 April 1959), Privy Council (on appeal from Australia)