Re W (A Mental Patient) - [1954] NZLR 183

Mental Defectives — Jurisdiction of Supreme Court — No Statutory Authority for granting Leave to create Easement on Land of Mentally Defective Person — Court's Inherent Jurisdiction — Power to give Leave for Creation of Such Easement if for Benefit of Patient — Judicature Act, 1908, s 17 — Statute Prerogativa Regis (Circa 1399) 17 Edw 2, c 12.

Mental Defectives — Disclosure to Court of Contents of Mental Patient's Will — Such Disclosure to Necessary Extent proper where Court invoked to authorize Transaction affecting Those Dispositions.

Mental Defectives — Farming Operations on Patient's Land — Public Trustee as Statutory A dministrator — Leave of Court given to Him to carry on Farming Operations for Period limited to Term of Public Trustee's Powers and Functions in Relation to Patient's Estate — Mental Defectives Act, 1911, ss 100 (x), 101 (d).