Re Collier (Deceased) - [1998] 1 NZLR 81

Trusts and trustees — Charitable trusts — Charitable trusts — Whether bequest for world peace was charitable — Whether bequest to promote euthanasia was charitable, lawful and was for a political purpose — Whether bequest to promote death with dignity was charitable — Whether bequest for an inquest into the death of a friend was charitable or was political — Consequences of failure of the trusts created by the bequest — Whether there was a paramount charitable intention — If so, the quantum to be applied — Whether the cy-près doctrine should be applied on failure of trusts — Charitable Trusts Act 1957, ss 32, 34, 61B(1) and (3).