Re GHI (a Protected Person) [2005] NSWSC 466

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Re GHI (a Protected Person) [2005] NSWSC 466

HEARING DATE(S) : 10/5/05 - 13/5/05 & 1/6/05

JUDGMENT DATE : 11 May 2005

Equity JURISDICTION : Protective List

JUDGMENT OF : Campbell J

DECISION : Evidence admitted.

CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE - admissibility and relevancy - discretion to exclude under section 135 Evidence Act 1995 - MENTAL HEALTH - management and administration of property - proceedings for revocation of protection order - admissibility of hearsay evidence

Evidence Act 1995 LEGISLATION CITED : Protected Estates Act 1983

ACCC v Australian Safeway Stores Pty Ltd [1999] FCA 1269 Bakerland Pty Ltd v Coleridge [2002] NSWCA 30 Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd v Donnelly (1998) 82 FCR 418 Commonwealth v McLean (1996) 41 NSWLR 389 Gordon (Bankrupt), Official Trustee in Bankruptcy v Pike (No.1) (Federal Court of Australia, Beaumont J, 1 September 1995, unreported) Guide Dog Owners' and Friends' Association Inc v Guide Dog Association (NSW & ACT) (1998) 154 ALR 527 Idoport Pty Ltd v National Australia Bank Ltd [2001] NSWSC 222 Longhurst v Hunt [2004] NSWCA 91 NSW Bar Association v Somosi [2001] NSWCA 285 Ordukaya v Hicks [2000] NSWCA 180 CASES CITED : Papakosmas v R (1999) 196 CLR 297 Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd v George; Estate of Conacher (No 1) (NSWSC, Einstein J, 19 November 1997, unreported) R v BD (1997) 94 A Crim R 131 R v Clark [2001] NSWCCA 494 R v Esposito (1998) 105 A Crim R 27 R v GAC (NSWCCA, 1 April 1997, unreported) R v Le [2002] NSWCCA 193 R v McCormack (No 3) [2003] NSWSC 645 R v Sing (2002) 54 NSWLR 31; [2002] NSWCCA 20 Tucker v Hospital Corporation of Australia Pty Ltd (NSWSC, 6 May, 1998, unreported) Vitali v Stachnik [2001] NSWSC 303