Pope v Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2020] NSWCATAD 206

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Pope v Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2020] NSWCATAD 206 Hearing dates: 10 August 2020 Date of orders: 18 August 2020 Decision date: 18 August 2020 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: Emeritus Prof GD Walker, Senior Member Decision: Decision under review affirmed. Catchwords: BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES – registration – change of name – change not registered before death – cancellation of registration – endorsements on death certificate. Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 (NSW) Births,Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulation 2017 (NSW) Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Cases Cited: Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 316; Bronze Wing International Pty Ltd v SafeWork NSW [2017] NSWCA 42; Drake v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1979) 2 ALD 60; McDonald v Director-General of Social Security [1984] FCA 57, (1984) 1 FCR 354; Nakad v Commissioner of Police, New South Wales Police Force [2014] NSWCATAP 10; Sterjovski v Director-General, Department of Transport [2002] NSWADT 10; Ward v New South Wales Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2015] NSWCATAD 86. Category: Principal judgment Parties: Anna Pope (Applicant) Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Applicant (Self Represented) Department of Customer Service (Respondent) File Number(s): 2020/00159534 Publication restriction: Nil