HH v HI and Protective Commissioner [2009] NSWADTAP 41

Appeal Panel - External

CITATION: HH v HI and Protective Commissioner [2009] NSWADTAP 41

APPELLANT HH PARTIES: RESPONDENT HI

FILE NUMBER: 088009

HEARING DATES: 19 December 2008

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 19 December 2008

DATE OF DECISION: 30 June 2009

BEFORE: Hennessy N - Magistrate (Deputy President); Millar J - Judicial Member; Wunsch A - Non-Judical Member

CATCHWORDS: Review of guardianship order, procedural fairness, hearing evidence in absence of applicant, power of Guardianship Tribunal to make guardianship orders in relation to religious observance.

DECISION UNDER APPEAL: Review of a Guardianship Order C/35749

FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 2007/1524

DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 03/25/2008

Guardianship Act 1987 LEGISLATION CITED : Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Aged Care Act 1997 (Cth),

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