Re Allegra [2009] NSWSC 1091

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Re Allegra [2009] NSWSC 1091

HEARING DATE(S) : 29/09/09

JUDGMENT DATE : 15 October 2009

JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : Forster J at 1

DECISION : See paragraphs 44, 45, 52 of judgment.

CATCHWORDS : Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act - decisions of the Children's Court - appeal provisions to District Court not exhausted - application made in the Supreme Court for orders in the nature of certiorari - application refused.

Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW)

CATEGORY : Principal judgment

Ballam v Higgins (1986) 17 IR 131 Boral Gas (NSW) Pty Ltd v Magill (1993) 32 NSWLR 501 Craig v The State of South Australia (1994) 184 CLR 163 Hill v Green (1999) 48 NSWLR 161 NSW Breeding & Racing Stables Pty Ltd v Administrative Decisions Tribunal of New South Wales (2001) 53 NSWLR 559 CASES CITED : R v Chief Constable of the Merseyside Police; Ex Parte Calveley [1986] QB 424 R v Epping and Harlow General Commissioners; Ex Parte Goldstraw [1983] 3 All ER 257 Re Frieda and Geoffrey (2009) 40 FamLR 608 Re Liam [2005] NSWSC 75 Re Louise and Belinda [2009] NSWSC 534 S v Department of Community Services [2002] NSWCA 151 Weinel v Judge Parsons (1994) 62 SASR 501

FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 4070/09

M. Anderson - for third defendant (Director General for the Department of Community Services) COUNSEL : E. Lawson - for fourth defendant (the father) Submitting appearance - Bildura Children's Court (first defendant)