GR v Secretary, Family, Disability and Community Services;; GR v Minister, Family, Disability and Community Services [2020] NSWSC 668

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: GR v Secretary, Family, Disability and Community Services;; GR v Minister, Family, Disability and Community Services [2020] NSWSC 668 Hearing dates: 28 May 2020 Date of orders: 28 May 2020 Decision date: 28 May 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: White J Decision: 1. Order that the claims for relief that were made in the Equity Division before me today, that mirrored the claims for relief in the notice of motion, purportedly filed in the Court of Appeal, be dismissed. 2. Order that the amended notice of motion dated 27 May 2020 be transferred to the Equity Division and be dismissed. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – Notice of Motion – Duty list – Whether jurisdiction of the duty judge list properly invoked – where regime established in relation to the applicant to preserve the integrity of the list in light of repeated applications in identical or similar terms- whether applicant has complied with the regime – whether impossible for applicant to comply with the regime Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 36.16(1) Cases Cited: Director-General, Department of Community Services; Re Thomas [2009] NSWSC 217 GR v Secretary of Department of Family and Community Services and Justice & Ors (No. 3) [2020] NSWSC 259 GR v Secretary of Department of Family and Community Services and Justice [2020] NSWSC 348 GR v Secretary, Department of Communities and Justice [2020] NSWSC 645 GR v Secretary, Department of Communities and Justice [2020] NSWSC 607 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: RG (Applicant) Secretary, Family, Disability and Community Services (First Respondent) Minister, Family, Disability and Community Services (Second Respondent) BB (Third Respondent) The Child by their Independent Legal Representative (Fourth Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Self-represented (Applicant) M Anderson (First and Second Respondents) Self-represented (Third Respondent) E Stoliar (ILR for the Child)