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Re Gulbenkian's Settlements (1970)

Last modified: Thu Feb 23 16:37:37 2006

[1970] AC 508 HL. A settlement provided a PowerOfAppointment for the to be applied to anyone who was providing accomodation or care for Mr Gulbenkian or his family. There was a gift over in default of appointment. The issue under consideration was whether this settlement provided sufficient CertaintyOfObjects to be enforceable. The House of Lords held that it did, because although it was not possible to enumerate all possible beneficiaries of the appointment, it was alway possible to determine whether a particular person was a potential appointee or not.

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