United Kingdom certainty of objectsdiscretionary trusts

re H.J. Ogden

Re Ogden [1933] Ch 678

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court (Chancery Division)

Year1933

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A trust giving the trustee a discretion to distribute among a defined class of (non-charitable) political organisations was upheld as valid under the then-prevailing 'complete list' approach to certainty of objects, because a complete list of the eligible objects could be ascertained.

Area of Law

General

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