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Dr Strange settled some properties in view of his worsening health due to long Covid. The appointed trustees were Jolie and Julia. Jolie is an
Dr Strange settled some properties in view of his worsening health due to long Covid. The appointed trustees were Jolie and Julia. Jolie is an animal lover and Julia is a virologist attached to USM. Dr Strange was never married and adopted a daughter in 2000. In 2020, Dr Strange was named as a legatee in a will by his brother residing in England and the devise was a mansion located in Semenyih. His brother met with a fatal accident May 2022.
In April 2021, Dr Strange executed a share transfer form and together with the share certificates of Novavax Bhd, handed the same to the trustees for the registration of the same. The trustees have yet to procure registration of the transfer since all the directors of the company were stranded in Ukraine due to the war.
Dr Strange also owned 950 gold bars which he stored in a MBB vault. The gold bars in the MBB vault had not been segregated but mixed in a bulk. The trust deed of Dr Strange which was executed in April 2021, provided the following:
- All my money in OCBC Bank in Kota Kemuning for the upkeep and medical expenses of all venomous snakes in captivity in Malaysia with the hope that the research for vaccines against long Covid could be further facilitated.
(10 marks)
- 500 out of 950 of my gold bars in the vault of MBB for the renovation and development of the Penang Museum.
(10 marks)
- My mansion in Semenyih for the benefit of my daughters, Scarlett and Selene.
(10 marks)
- All my shares in Syarikat Novavax Bhd for the benefit of Thor, my lecturer in Hong Kong University.
(10 marks)
Advise Dr Strange on the validity of the settlements above with reference to decided cases.
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