BFT [2014] NSWCATGD 51

NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: BFT [2014] NSWCATGD 51 Hearing dates: 28 November 2014 Date of orders: 28 November 2014 Decision date: 28 November 2014 Jurisdiction: Guardianship Division Before: B Shipp, Senior Member (Legal) Decision: Request to review guardianship order refused.

Request to review appointment of manager refused. Catchwords: REQUESTED REVIEW – guardianship – appointment of financial manager – abuse of process Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mr BFT (subject person) Mr OGT (applicant) Mrs JPM (current guardian and financial manager) NSW Trustee and Guardian File Number(s): 48950 Publication restriction: Decisions of the Guardianship Division of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal have been anonymised to remove any information that may identify any person involved in the Tribunal's proceedings (s 65, Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW)).

REASONS FOR DECISION 1. These Reasons for Decision are for the orders of the Tribunal made on 28 November 2014 concerning Mr BFT. The Annexure at the end of these Reasons contains details of the parties to the hearing and who participated in the hearing [Appendix removed for publication].

What the Tribunal decided 1. Pursuant to Section 25A of the Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW), the Tribunal refused the request to review the guardianship order. 2. Pursuant to Section 25T of the Guardianship Act, the Tribunal refused the request to review the appointment of Mrs JPM as manager of Mr BFT's financial affairs.