LA v Protective Commissioner & Ors [2004] NSWADTAP 39

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CITATION: LA v Protective Commissioner & Ors [2004] NSWADTAP 39

APPELLANT LA FIRST REPONDENT Protective Commissioner PARTIES: SECOND RESPONDENT LB THIRD RESPONDENT LC FOURTH RESPONDENT & DECISION MAKER Guardianship Tribunal FILE NUMBER: 048007 HEARING DATES: 21/07/2004 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 07/21/2004 DATE OF DECISION: 09/08/2004

Guardianship Tribunal c/28616 Matter no. 2004/1517 DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: Hennessy N - Magistrate (Deputy President); Leal S - Judicial Member; Whaite A - Non Judicial Member CATCHWORDS: Expert evidence - weight to be given to - Financial management order - making - Procedural fairness MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: C/28616 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 04/01/2004 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Rules (Transitional) Regulation 1998 LEGISLATION CITED : Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 Evidence Act 1995 Guardianship Act 1987 Protected Estates Act 1983 Chen Zhen Zi v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1994) 48 F RF 591 Collins Thomson Pty Ltd (in liq) v Clayton [2002] NSWSC 366 Durayappah v Fernando [1967] 2 AC 337 FGT Custodians Pty Ltd (Formerly Feingold Partners Pty Ltd) v Fagenblat [2003] VSCA 33 Gribbles Pathology (Vic) v Cassidy (2002) 122 FCR 78 Hopkins v Smethwick Board of Health (1890) 24 QBD 712 IF v IG & Ors [2004] NSWADTAP 3 J v Lieschke (1987) 69 ALR 647 CASES CITED: K v K [2000] NSWSC 1052 Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 Kirch Communications Pty Ltd v Gene Engineering Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 485 MAW v Western Sydney Area Health Service [2000] NSWSC 358 Mobil Oil Australia Pty Ltd v FCT (1963) 113 CLR 475 PRA v MA Supreme Court of Victoria Court of Appeal [4 March 2004] R v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal; ex parte Hardiman (1980) 144 CLR 13 Re Gabriel [2001] NSWSC 905; W v G [2003] NSWSC 1170 Re Oscar [2002] NSWSC 453, Re Fernando APPELLANT In person FIRST RESPONDENT No appearance REPRESENTATION: SECOND RESPONDENT K Burke, barrister THIRD RESPONDENT In person FOURTH RESPONDENT & DECISION MAKER E Cho, Legal Officer ORDERS: The decision of the Guardianship Tribunal is affirmed