KHT [2023] NSWCATGD 4

NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: KHT [2023] NSWCATGD 4 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 11 April 2023 Decision date: 11 April 2023 Jurisdiction: Guardianship Division Before: AR Boxall, Senior Member (Legal) Decision: The application for costs is dismissed. Catchwords: COSTS – application for costs in Guardianship Division proceedings – ancillary decision – discretion to dispense with a hearing – s 60 of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) – whether there are "special circumstances" to warrant a costs order – protective jurisdiction – no special circumstances – application dismissed Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), ss 4(1), 16, 17, 17(3), 27, 27(1), 36, 36(3), 38(2), 45(1), 45(3), 50, 50(1)(a)-(d), 60, 60(1)-(3), 60(2), 60(3)(a)-(d), 60(3)(f)-(g), Sch 6, cls 1(1), 3(1), 4 Civil and Administrative Tribunal Rules 2014 (NSW), rr 36A, 36A(a) Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW), s 4 Cases Cited: P v D1 & Ors [2011] NSWSC 257 Sullivan v Civil Aviation Authority [2014] FCAFC 93 Texts Cited: Justice Geoff Lindsay, 'Financial Management and Remuneration' (Seminar Paper, NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal (Guardianship Division), Tribunal Members' Training Seminar, 23 July 2014) Category: Costs Parties: KHT (the person) CZH (applicant) NSW Trustee and Guardian Representation: W Morrison, separate representative for KHT

E Edwin, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers (for the applicant) File Number(s): 2020/00177265 Publication restriction: Decisions of the Guardianship Division of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal have been anonymised to remove any information that may identify any person involved in the Tribunal's proceedings: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), s 65.