GM v Guardianship Tribunal & Ors; GM v Protective Commissioner & Ors [2003] NSWADTAP 59

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CITATION: GM v Guardianship Tribunal & Ors; GM v Protective Commissioner & Ors [2003] NSWADTAP 59

APPELLANT (1st Decision) GM 1st RESPONDENT Protective Commissioner 2nd RESPONDENT GN 3rd RESPONDENT GO 4th RESPONDENT Guardianship Tribunal PARTIES: APPELLANT (2nd Decision) GM 1st RESPONDENT Protective Commissioner 2nd RESPONDENT GN 3rd RESPONDENT GO 4th RESPONDENT GP 5th RESPONDENT Guardianship Tribunal FILE NUMBER: 038003; 038004 HEARING DATES: 17/10/03 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 10/17/2003 DATE OF DECISION: 11/25/2003

Guardianship Tribunal 2003/2437; 2003/2438 DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: Hennessy N - Magistrate (Acting President); Britton A - Judicial Member; Green J - Member CATCHWORDS: Adverse evidence - Financial management order - making - Guardianship order - making - Opportunity to respond to adverse evidence - Procedural fairness MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: C/25502 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 06/03/2003 Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 (Cth) Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 LEGISLATION CITED : Administrative Decisions Tribunal Rules (Transitional) Regulation 1998 Child Care Act 1980 Guardianship Act 1987 Protected Estates Act 1983 Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 Annetts v McCann (1990) 170 CLR 596 Ansell v Wells (1982) 43 ALR 41 Attorney General for New South Wales v Quin (1990) 170 CLR 1 Bakewell v MacPherson (unreported, SA Supreme Court (full Ct), 25 September 1992 Chen Zhen Zi v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1994) 48 FCR 591 Christou & Ors v Guardianship Tribunal & Ors (unreported, Supreme Court, Windeyer J, PO43/01, 17 September 2002) Johns v Australian Securities Commission (1993) 178 CLR 408 CASES CITED: Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 Moore v Guardianship and Administration Board & Anor [1990] VR 902 Muin v Refugee Review Tribunal (2002) 76 ALJR 966 NIB Health Funds Ltd v Private Health Insurance Administration Council (2002) 115 FCR 561R v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal; ex parte Hardiman (1980) 144 CLR 13R v London Borough of Wandsworth; Ex parte P [1989] 1 FLR 387 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte Miah (2001) 206 CLR 57 Re Pergamon Press Ltd [1971] CH 388Re Pochi and Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1979) 26 ALR 247 Re Refugee Tribunal; ex parte Aala (2000) 75 ALJR 52 APPELLANT (1st Decision) In person APPELLANT (2nd Decision) In person