The Contradictors v Attorney-General - [2001] 3 NZLR 301

Trusts and trustees — Public Trust — Displacement of equitable rules by statute — Public Trust common fund — Whether contributors to common fund had beneficial interest in surplus after receiving statutory entitlement — Whether Public Trust Office entitled to surplus — SafeCare investments — Public Trust Office Act 1957, s 30.

Practice and procedure — Appeals to Privy Council — Petition for special leave to appeal — Delay caused by procedural errors at first instance — Legislation before House of Representatives based on Court of Appeal decision — Whether delay would cause prejudice to respondents — Privy Council Rules, R 28.

Practice and procedure — Representative proceedings — Application concerning large number of beneficiaries not notified of application — Appropriate procedure — High Court Rules, RR 77, 78 and 81(a).