A specific devise is not adeemed where the devised property is sold by an attorney under an enduring power of attorney who is ignorant of the will's terms, the testator is unaware of the sale and lacks mental capacity, and the testator's intention to benefit the devisee never changes. The devisee is entitled to the traceable proceeds of sale. There is no legislative protection in Queensland for inadvertent ademption by attorneys (as distinct from the Public Trustee or committees), so the common law exception from Jenkins v Jones (1866) LR 2 Eq 323 applies.
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