Edwin G Baker v National Trust Co Ltd

Hearings

Canada

19 May 1955 [1955] AC 627; [1955] 3 WLR 42, PC (Viscount Simonds L.C., Lord Oaksey, Lord Reid, Lord Tucker, Lord Somervell of Harrow.)

Additional names

In re Cox, Decd

Subject Matter

CHARITY — “Charitable purposes only, for” — Limited class of beneficiaries — Gift of income of residue to employees and ex-employees of company “in perpetuity for charitable purposes only” — Not a valid charitable bequest — Poverty, relief of — Class of beneficiaries.

[1955] AC 627; [1955] 3 WLR 42, PC

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