Woodside & anor -v- Director General, Department of Community Services (CSD) [2000] NSWADTAP 8

Appeal Panel

CITATION: Woodside & anor -v- Director General, Department of Community Services (CSD) [2000] NSWADTAP 8 APPELLANTS Dorothy Woodside PARTIES: Lynette Ann woodside

RESPONDENT Director General, Department of Community Services FILE NUMBER: 999014 HEARING DATES: 14/12/99 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 12/20/1999 DATE OF DECISION: 05/26/2000

Principal matter DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: O'Connor K - DCJ (President); Britton A - Judicial Member; Rogan L - Member CATCHWORDS: adequacy of reasons - leave to appeal out of time - no evidence - relevant/irrelevant considerations - unreasonableness MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 249 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 02/09/1999 LEGISLATION CITED : Children (Care and Protection) Act 1987 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Partridge & anor v Building Disputes Tribunal & anor [1999] NSWSC 810 [Studdert J] Maxwell-Smith v Consumer Claims Tribunal & anor (Supreme Court, Greg James J, 8 December 1998) Lewis & anor v Registrar Consumer Claims Tribunal & anor [1999] NSWSC 381 (Bell J) Mifsud v Campbell (1991) 21 NSWLR 725 (Court of Appeal) Fightvision Pty Ltd v Onisforou (1999) 47 NSWLR 473 State Rail Authority of New South Wales v Earthline Constructions (1999) 73 ALJR 306 Devries v Australian National Railways Commission (1993) 177 CLR 472 Agbaba v Witter (1977) 51 ALJR 503 CASES CITED: Soulemizis v Dudley (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1987) 10 NSWLR 247 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend (1986) 162 CLR 24 Chan v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1989) 169 CLR 379 Ethnic Affairs v Wu Shan Liang (1996) 185 CLR 259 Browne v Dunn (1893) 6 R 67 (House of Lords) Mickleburg v The Queen (1989) 167 CLR 239 Wollongong Corporation v Cowan (1955) 93 CLR 435 Housing Commission of New South Wales v Tatmar Pastoral Co [1983] 3 NSWLR 378 Selvanayagam v University of the West Indies [1983] 1 All ER 824 APPELLANTS REPRESENTATION: In person assisted by D & R Woodside RESPONDENT M O'Brien, barrister ORDERS: The decision under appeal is affirmed.