A woman gave £1 million to her son to hold on trust ‘for such promising young tennis players living in Wales and in such shares as [my son] thinks fit’.
The woman’s son wants to know whether this trust is valid. The son wants to carry out the woman’s wishes as much as possible and has already put together a list of people who he thinks should benefit from the trust.
Is the trust valid?

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A woman gave £1 million to her son to hold on trust  ‘for such promising young tennis players living in Wales and in such shares as [my son] thinks fit’.  
 The woman’s son wants to know whether this trust is valid. The son wants to carry out the woman’s wishes as much as possible and has already put together a list of people who he thinks should benefit from the trust. 
 Is the trust valid?

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Yes, because it is a well thought out trust.

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No, because there is insufficient certainty of subject-matter.

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Yes, because it is the woman’s desire to give back to her community.

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No, because there is insufficient certainty of objects.

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Yes, because the son has identified people he thinks would benefit from it.

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