XNO [2015] NSWCATGD 46

NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: XNO [2015] NSWCATGD 46 Hearing dates: 29 July 2015 Date of orders: 29 July 2015 Decision date: 29 July 2015 Jurisdiction: Guardianship Division Before: A Suthers, Senior Member (Legal) I Beale, Senior Member (Professional) E Pickering, General Member (Community) Decision: Financial management order revoked. Catchwords: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT – application to revoke financial management order – financial management order made when subject person was 18 years old – where financial management order made to manage compensation payment and not other parts of the person's estate – where subject person has amassed considerable savings on their own - evidence of person's capacity to manage their own affairs – evidence that it is in the best interests of the person to manage their own affairs – financial management order revoked Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mr XNO (protected person) The NSW Trustee and Guardian (appointed financial manager) Representation: Nil File Number(s): 15046 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 revoked the financial management order it made on 18 May 2015 in relation to Mr XNO. (Mr XNO prefers to be called XNO.) 2. XNO will now manage all of his money himself.