NSW Caselaw
New South Wales District Court
CITATION: EL & WL v Director-General of the Department of Human Services & Ors [2010] NSWDC 248
HEARING DATE(S): 23/07/2010
JUDGMENT DATE: 3 August 2010
JURISDICTION: Civil
JUDGMENT OF: Truss DCJ
DECISION: Leave under s 98(3) of the Children and Young Persons (Care & Protection) Act 1998 refused. Summons dismissed.
CATCHWORDS: joinder - former carers - jurisdiction - not parties to Children's Court proceedings
LEGISLATION CITED: Children and Young Persons (Care & Protection) Act 1998
HS v Department of Community Services (unreported, District Court of NSW, Blackmore J, 8 April 2009). CASES CITED: Re Louise and Belinda [2009] NSWSC 534. S v Department of Community Services (2002) 29 Fam LR 144; [2002] NSWCA 151. Savic v Department of Community Services (unreported, District Court of NSW, Armitage J, 1 April 2005).
EL (plaintiff/appellant) WL (plaintiff/appellant) PARTIES: Director-General of the Department of Human Services (first defendant/respondent) NH (second defendant/respondent) PO (third defendant/respondent) MO (fourth defendant/respondent)
FILE NUMBER(S): 2010/101376
Mr Braine for the plaintiffs. Mr Hunt for the Director-General of the Department of Human Services. COUNSEL: Ms Lawson for the father. Ms Graves for the paternal grandmother. Ms Rutkowska as independent legal representative for the children.
SOLICITORS: Crown Solicitor's Office for the Director-General of the Department of Human Services.
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