SB v Parramatta Children's Court [2007] NSWSC 1297

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : SB v Parramatta Children's Court [2007] NSWSC 1297

HEARING DATE(S) : 2 November 2007

JUDGMENT DATE : 20 November 2007

JUDGMENT OF : Price J at 1

DECISION : 1. That the record of the Parramatta Children's Court be removed into this Court. 2. That the decision of the Senior Children's Magistrate made at the Parramatta Children's Court on 2 October 2007 be quashed. 3. That the application of the second defendant filed on 20 April 2007 be remitted to the Parramatta Children's Court there to be heard and determined according to law.

CATCHWORDS : Children's Court - care application - evidence of previous removal of child other than child the subject of the application - construction of s 106A - whether it provides a ground for a finding of care - who may rebut presumption - question of discretion - certiorari

Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 s 8a, s 38E(4), s 44, s 45, s 60, s 61, s 61(2), s 61(3), s 71, s 71(1), s 71(1)(a)-(g), s 71(1)(c), s 71(1)(d), s 71(1)(e), s 72, s 73, s 79(1)(b), s 86, s 91(1), s 93(2), s 93(3), s 93(4), s 95, s 98, s 99, LEGISLATION CITED : s 106A, s 106A(1), s 106A(2), s 106A(3), Evidence Act 1995 s 91, s 93, s 97

Anderson v Judges of the District Court of NSW (1992) 27 NSWLR 701 Buck v Comcare (1996) 66 FCR 359 Craig v South Australia (1995) 184 CLR 163 Director-General Department of Community Services v Dessertaine & Ors [2003] NSWSC 972. Hot Holdings Pty Ltd v Creasy (1996) 185 CLR 149 CASES CITED : Newcastle City Council v GIO General Ltd (t/as GIO Australia) (1997) 191 CLR 85 Potter v Minahan (1908) 7 CLR 277 Re Alistair [2006] NSWSC 411 In re B (Minors) (Care Proceedings: Issue Estoppel) (1997) 3 WLR 1 Re-Brett v Children's Court of NSW [2006] NSWSC 984 Re Liam [2005] NSWSC 75 Solution 6 Holdings Ltd v Industrial Relations Comm (NSW) (2004) 60 NSWLR 558