Charles Phillip Bird by his tutor Vredê Jane Bird v Campbelltown Anglican Schools Council [2007] NSWSC 1419

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Charles Phillip Bird by his tutor Vredê Jane Bird v Campbelltown Anglican Schools Council [2007] NSWSC 1419

HEARING DATE(S) : 5/12/07, 6/12/07

JUDGMENT DATE : 7 December 2007

JURISDICTION : Equity Division

JUDGMENT OF : Einstein J

DECISION : Proceedings to be dismissed.

CATCHWORDS : Administrative law - Certiorari - Contract - Natural justice - Private School - Expulsion procedures - Education Act 1990 (NSW) - Whether rules of natural justice engaged in application to private domestic tribunal - Application by student for declaratory and other relief to uphold claim that decision to expel was invalid

Anglican Church of Australia (Bodies Corporate) Act 1938 (NSW) Education Act 1990 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Education Amendment (Non-Government Schools Registration) Act 2004 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW)

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