HA v Protective Commissioner [2009] NSWADTAP 32

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CITATION: HA v Protective Commissioner [2009] NSWADTAP 32

Appellant: HA

1st Respondent: Protective Commissioner

PARTIES: 2nd Respondent: GP

3rd Respondent: GN

4th Respondent: GO

FILE NUMBER: 088022

HEARING DATES: 6 April 2009

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 6 April 2009

DATE OF DECISION: 20 May 2009

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

CATCHWORDS: Duty to self-represented parties - procedural fairness - failure to have regard to relevant evidence.

FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: C/35159; 2008/3686

LEGISLATION CITED : Guardianship Act 1987 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997

Dietrich v the Queen [1992] HCA 57; (1992) 177 CLR 292 R v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal; ex parte Hardiman [1980] HCA 13; (1980) 144 CLR 13 P v P (1994) 181 CLR 583 Italiano v Carbone [2005] NSWCA 177 Titan v Babic (1994) 49 FCR 546 Dissanayake v Baldacchino [2000] NSWRT 216 Warwick Entertainment Centre Pty Ltd v McKenzie [2000] WASCA 280 Ory and Ory v Betamore Pty Ltd (in liq) (1993) 60 SASR 393 CASES CITED: Mitchell v Canal Rocks Beach Resort [2002] WASCA 331 Aboriginal Sacred Sites Protection Authority v Maurice (1986) 65 ALR 247 EMG v Guardianship and Administration Board of Victoria [1999] NSWSC 501 Northern Territory of Australia v Herbert & Anor [2002] NTSC 4A and B v Director of Family Services (Unreported, ACT Supreme Court, Higgins J, 31 May 1996) Re Refugee Review Tribunal; ex parte Aala (2000) 75 ALJR 52 Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 Azzopardi v Tasman UEB Industries Ltd (1985) 4 NSWLR 139 Collection House Ltd v Taylor (2004) VSC 49 Rajski v Scitec Corporation Pty Ltd (Unreported, Court of Appeal, 16 June 1986)