“… well established law: see the statement of Sir John Nicholl in Methuen v Methuen (1817) 2 Phil 416 at 426, cited by Lord Wilberforce in re Resch’s Will Trusts [1969] 1 AC 514 at 547D, that:…”
“… which I refer to below, must not be excluded. The leading case is the decision of the Privy Council, on appeal from New South Wales, in Re Resch’s Will Trusts [1969] 1 AC 514. The relevant issue was whether a bequest to the Sisters of Mercy, a religious order, for the general purposes of a private hospital run by them was charitable…”