Re Oscar [2002] NSWSC 887

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Re Oscar [2002] NSWSC 887 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2517/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 12 September 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 27 September 2002

Director General, NSW Department of Community Services (P) Children's Court of NSW (D1) Father (D2) PARTIES : Mother (D3) Paternal grandmother (D4) Guardian ad litem (D5) Legal representative (D6) Maternal grandmother (D7) JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J

No appearance (P) No appearance (D1) COUNSEL : C O'Connor, Solicitor (D2 & 4) No appearance (D5 & 6) No appearance (D3 & 7) I V Knight (P) I V Knight (D1) SOLICITORS : Thomson Rich O'Connor (D2 & 4) Liston & Loveband (D5 & 6) No appearance (D3 & 7) CATCHWORDS : APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL [268] - Appeal - Practice and procedure - Suitors' Fund - Definitions - "Appeal" - Proceedings in nature of appeal - Proceedings in nature of application for prohibition against Children's Court. LEGISLATION CITED : Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 ss 58, 91 Suitors Fund Act 1951 ss 2(1), 6(1) Builders Licensing Board v Pride Constructions Pty Ltd [1979] 1 NSWLR 607 Director-General of Fair Trading v O'Shane NSWSC Graham AJ 22 August 1997 unreported Ex parte Parsons; Re Suitors' Fund Act (1952) 69 WN (NSW) 380 Production Spray Painting & Panel Beating Pty Ltd v Newnham (1991) 37 IR 46 CASES CITED : R v Watling; ex p Pearson (1998) 7 Tas SR 404 Re Oscar [2002] NSWSC 453 Re Oscar [2002] NSWSC 466 Stacey v Meagher [1978] Tas SR 56 Stuart v Treleaven [2000] NSWSC 536 DECISION : Suitors' Fund certificate granted.