The case provides a useful summary of the principles governing stays of execution pending applications for special leave to appeal to the High Court, including the additional requirement of demonstrating a matter of public importance under s 35A of the Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth). It also confirms that a person who as executor transfers property to a trustee company cannot thereafter claim a caveatable interest as life tenant under the will from which the property was transferred, and that such claims cannot impugn the rights of registered mortgagees under the Torrens system.
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