Tanious v Public Guardian [2012] NSWCA 165

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Tanious v Public Guardian [2012] NSWCA 165 Hearing dates: 28 May 2012 Decision date: 28 May 2012 Before: Macfarlan JA Decision: (1) Direct that the name of the first respondent in the title to the proceedings be changed to the Public Guardian. (2) Dismiss the appeal. (3) Order the appellant to pay the respondents' costs of the appeal. [Note: The Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 provide (Rule 36.11) that unless the Court otherwise orders, a judgment or order is taken to be entered when it is recorded in the Court's computerised court record system. Setting aside and variation of judgments or orders is dealt with by Rules 36.15, 36.16, 36.17 and 36.18. Parties should in particular note the time limit of fourteen days in Rule 36.16.] Catchwords: APPEAL - application for summary dismissal - notice of appeal disclosing no arguable ground of appeal - appeal dismissed pursuant to UCPR r 13.14 - powers of a single judge of appeal - no issue of principle Legislation Cited: Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 Supreme Court Act 1970 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Australian Executor Trustees Limited v Pachkovski [2011] NSWCA 23 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mofeed Tanious (Appellant) Judy Hunt (First Respondent) Irini Moza (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Appellant in person J McDonnell (Solicitor) (First Respondent) Solicitors: Appellant in person Crown Solicitor's Office (First Respondent) File Number(s): CA 2012/50000 Decision under appeal Citation: [2012] NSWADTAP (GD) 3 Date of Decision: 2012-02-02 00:00:00 Before: Magistrate N Hennessy, Deputy President L Goodchild, Judicial Member M Bolt, Non-Judicial Member File Number(s): 119037