The Protective Commissioner v "D" & Ors [2004] NSWCA 216

Reported Decision : 60 NSWLR 513

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION : The Protective Commissioner v "D" & Ors [2004] NSWCA 216 HEARING DATE(S) : 24 November 2003 JUDGMENT DATE : 5 July 2004

JUDGMENT OF : Mason P at 1; Giles JA at 2; McColl JA at 7 DECISION : 1. Pursuant to s 12 of the Protected Estates Act 1983 (NSW), the Court directs that the Protective Commissioner has power under the Protected Estates Act 1983 (NSW) and in particular s 28(1)(b) thereof to make payment for past gratuitous care out of the estate of the protected person. 2. Costs of the section 12 Application to be paid out of the Estate of the First Respondent. 3. The parties have liberty to apply within 7 days in relation to order 2. 4. Order that the matter be remitted to the Protective Judge.

CATCHWORDS : PROTECTED ESTATES - Protective Commissioner - Powers - whether the Protective Commissioner has power under the Protected Estates Act 1983 (NSW) to make payment for past gratuitous care out of the estate of the protected person. (D) Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 (NSW) s 53(6) Aged and Infirm Persons Property Act 1940 - 1984 (SA) Guardianship and Protected Estates Legislation Act 2002 (NSW) s 2 Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW) s 33 Lunacy Act 1878 (NSW) s 3, s 92, Pt VIII, Subdiv (1), s 105, s 106, Subdiv (2), s 141, s 144, Subdiv (3), s 151, s 151(a), s 158, s 159, s 160, s 161, s 162, s 163, s 164, s 165, s 166 Lunacy Act 1890 (Imp) s 116(1)(d) Lunacy Act 1898 (NSW) s 3, s 102, s 103, Pt VIII, Subdiv (2), s 126, s 131, Subdiv (3), s 149(1), s 150 Lunacy Act Further Amendment Act 1893 (NSW) s 1, s 21, s 25 Lunacy Convention Act 1894 (NSW) s 14(1), s 18 LEGISLATION CITED : Mental Health Act 1958 (NSW) s 3, s 38, s 39, Pt X cll 37-50, Pt XI, s 51, s 52, s 52(1), Div 2, s 59, s 61, s 61(g), s 66, s 66(b), s 66(f), s 67, Div 3, s 81, s 81(1), 81(1)(a), s 81(1)(c), s 81(1)(d), s 82, s 82(h), s 89, s 91, s 92 Mental Health Act 1963 (Tas) s 84(1), s 84(1)(a), s 84(1)(b), s 84(1)(c), s 94(3) Miscellaneous (Mental Health) Appeal and Amendment Act 1983 (NSW) New South Wales Constitution Act 1855 (Imp) s 2 Protected Estates Act 1983 (NSW) s 2(2), s 4, Pt II, s 5(1), s 5(3), s 5(8), s 5(9), s 12, Pt III, s 13, s 13(1), s 22, Div 3, s 24, s 24(2), s 25, s 26, s 27, s 28, s 28(1), s 28(1)(a), s 28(1)(b), s 28(1)(c), s 28(1)(d), Div 4, s 29, s 30, s 32, s 77 Public Trustee Act 1985 (ACT) s 25(7)(b) Statute of Praerogativa Regis, later reprinted as two Acts, 17 Ed. II (1339) cc 9 & 10 Succession Duty Act 1853 (Imp) Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW) Pt 76, rr 4A, 6(5) Trustee Act (WA) s 59, s 60 Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW) Pt 5 Div 3, s 151K Attorney-General v Marquis of Ailesbury (1887) 12 App Cas 672 Attorney-General v Montefiore (1888) 21 QBD 461 Beasley v Marshall (No 4) (1986) 42 SASR 407 Beckwith v R (1976) 135 CLR 569 Bennett & Wood Ltd v Orange City Council [1967] 1 NSWR 502 Black-Clawson International Ltd v Papierwerke Waldhof-Aschaffenburg AG [1975] AC 591 Bridges v Bridges and Hooper (1944) 45 SR (NSW) 164 Bropho v Western Australia [1990] HCA 23; (1990) 171 CLR 1 Bull v Attorney-General (NSW) (1913) 17 CLR 370 Commissioner of State Revenue (Vic) v Royal Insurance Australia Ltd (1994) 182 CLR 51 Commissioner for Railways (NSW) v Agalianos (1955) 92 CLR 390 Corporate Affairs Commission (NSW) v Yuill (1991) 172 CLR 319 Evans v Marmont (1997) 42 NSWLR 70 Ex parte Annandale (Marchioness) (1749) Amb 79 Ex parte Whitbread; Re Hinde (1816) 2 Mer 99, 103; (1816) 35 ER 878, 879 Geaghan v D'Aubert [2002] NSWCA 260; (2002) 36 MVR 542 Goode v Thompson [2001] QSC 287; (2001) Aust Torts Reports 81-617 Grevett v McIntyre [2002] QSC 106 Griffin v Union Trustee Co of Australia Ltd (1947) 48 SR (NSW) 360 Griffiths v Kerkemeyer (1977) 139 CLR 161 Hardman v Minehan [2003] NSWCA 130; (2003) 57 NSWLR 390 Heydon's Case (1584) 3 Co Rep 7a; (1584) 76 ER 637 ICI Australia Operations Pty Ltd v WorkCover Authority of New South Wales [2004] NSWCA 55; (2004) 1 DDCR 259 In re Browne [1894] 3 Ch 412 CASES CITED : In re Gist (A Person of Unsound Mind) [1904] 1 Ch 398 Jones v Moylan (2000) 23 WAR 65 Marinko v Masri [1999] NSWCA 364; (2000) Aust Torts Reports 81-581 Marks v GIO Australia Holdings Ltd [1998] HCA 69; (1998) 196 CLR 494 Nguyen v Nguyen (1990) 169 CLR 245 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28; (1998) 194 CLR 355 Public Trustee v Thompson [2000] ACTSC 4; (2000) 155 FLR 18 Re Alderson (1808) Re B [2000] NSWSC 44 Re Carysfort (1840) Cr & Ph 76; 41 ER 418 Re Darling (1888) 39 Ch D 208 Re DJR and the Mental Health Act 1958 [1983] 1 NSWLR 557 Re Drummond (1836) 1 My & Cr 627; 40 ER 516 Re ES and the Mental Health Act 1958 [1984] 3 NSWLR 341 Re Freeman [1927] 1 Ch 479 Re Frost (1870) LR 5 Ch App 699 Re GDM and the Protected Estates Act 1983 (NSW) (1992) Aust Torts Reports 81-190 Re N [2001] NSWSC 345; (2001) 33 MVR 237 Re Stoer (1884) LR 9 PD 120 Re Strickland (1871) LR 6 Ch App 226 Re Whitaker (1889) 42 Ch D 119 Risk v Northern Territory of Australia & Anor [2002] HCA 23; (2002) 76 ALJR 845 Victims Compensation Fund Corporation v Brown [2003] HCA 54; (2003) 201 ALR 260 W v Q (1992) 1 Tas R 301 Wik Peoples, The v State of Queensland (1996) 63 FCR 450 The Protective Commissioner (Applicant) PARTIES : "D" (First Respondent) Ors (Second Respondent) FILE NUMBER(S) : CA 40892/03 S W Balafoutis (Applicant) COUNSEL : First respondent (No Appearance) D Marks (Second Respondents) Timothy John Tunbridge (Applicant) SOLICITORS : First respondent (No Appearance) McBride Harle & Martin (Second Respondents)