The Court approved under s 90 of the Trustees Act 1962 (WA) a deed of arrangement revoking a testamentary trust and accelerating distribution to adult beneficiaries, finding no detriment to a minor child or potential unborn children, assessed by contrasting their positions with and without the arrangement. On the procedural question of protecting children's interests, the Court preferred obtaining an independent counsel's opinion over appointing a representative under O 18 r 13 of the Rules of the Supreme Court, consistent with the approach in [name withheld] and Re Christmas' Settlement Trusts, but did not finally determine whether O 18 r 13 appointment would have been appropriate.
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