BDI [2015] NSWCATGD 19

NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: BDI [2015] NSWCATGD 19 Hearing dates: 8 May 2015 Date of orders: 08 May 2015 Decision date: 08 May 2015 Jurisdiction: Guardianship Division Before: B Hughes, Senior Member (Legal) M Wroth, Senior Member (Professional) K Laurence, General Member (Community) Decision: Temporary guardianship order made, 30 days. Public Guardian appointed Catchwords: GUARDIANSHIP – temporary order – urgent hearing – risk of harm – no notice to sibling – whether carer – withdrawal of care – not statutory party Legislation Cited: Guardianship Act 1987(NSW) Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ms BDI (subject person) Mr JNK (applicant) The Public Guardian File Number(s): 172 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

What the Tribunal decided 1. The Tribunal appointed the Public Guardian as Ms BDI's guardian for a period of thirty days pursuant to a temporary guardianship order. The Public Guardian is appointed to make decisions about her accommodation, health care, medical and dental treatment, the services which she should receive, who should have access to her and under what conditions, and to make decisions about the legal services she is to receive as set out in the Tribunal's order.