Re R [2000] NSWSC 886

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Re R [2000] NSWSC 886 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division Protective List FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5/2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 16/08/2000 and 17/08/2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 17 August 2000

EAR (P) GGR (D1) PARTIES : Guardianship Tribunal of New South Wales (D2) Protective Commissioner of New South Wales (D3) JR (D4) JUDGMENT OF : Young J

S Winters (P) COUNSEL : J Sexton SC (D3) L Ellison (D4) Muggenthaler & Associates (P) SOLICITORS : Connery & Partners (D3) John Fisicaro & Co (D4) CATCHWORDS : ADMINISTRATIVE LAW [109]- Appeal- Extent to which decision of Tribunal should be respected - MENTAL HEALTH [9]- Protection order- Appeal from Guardianship Board- Incapable person empowering son- Son validly using power of attorney for both father and son's benefit- Whether conflict of interest sufficiently serious to pass over son- Tribunal could properly find affirmatively. LEGISLATION CITED : Guardianship Act 1987, s 25G, s 67 Conveyancing Act, 1919, s 163B(2)(b) Re B [2000] NSWSC 44 Bank of Bengal v Fagan (1849) 5 Moore Indian Appeals 27; 18 ER 804 Do Carmo v Ford Excavations Pty Ltd [1981] 1 NSWLR 409 Haines v Leves (1987) 8 NSWLR 442 Holt v Protective Commissioner (1993) 31 NSWLR 227 Hordern v Hordern [1910] AC 465 Ex parte Hulin; Re Gillespie (1965) 65 SR (NSW) 31 King v The Guardianship Tribunal (Cohen J, 22.6.1998) Re L [2000] NSWSC 721 CASES CITED : Re Mc (1989) 3 VAR 87 Re M (1988) 2 VAR 213 PY v RJS [1982] 2 NSWLR 700 Oxenden v Compton (1793) 4 Bro CC 232; 29 ER 868; (1793) 2 Ves 69; 30 ER 527 Pioneer Concrete Services Ltd v Yelnah Pty Ltd (1986) 5 NSWLR 254 Reckitt v Barnett, Pembroke & Slater Ltd [1928] 2 KB 244 Retarded Children's Aid Society Ltd v Day [1978] 1 CR 437 Re Sefton [1898] 2 Ch 378 Vyse v Foster (1874) LR 7 HL 318 Re W [2000] 1 All ER 175 DECISION : Appeal dismissed.