NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Re WS [2016] NSWSC 919 Hearing dates: 1 June 2016; submissions 8 June 2016 Decision date: 04 July 2016 Jurisdiction: Equity - Adoptions List Before: White J Decision: Refer to para [19] of judgment. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Adoptions – Application for removal of proceeding to Court of Appeal – order made for separate determination of question of Court's jurisdiction to make orders for adoption of a child habitually resident in a Convention country where Convention procedures not followed – issue of national significance - desirability of appellate decision – proceeding removed to Court of Appeal Legislation Cited: Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) Adoption Act 2000 (NSW) Cases Cited: Re S and The Adoption Act 2000 (NSW) (No. 2) (2006) 68 NSWLR 467 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: SS and PH (Plaintiffs) Attorney General for New South Wales (1st Defendant) Secretary, Department of Family & Community Services (2nd Defendant) Separate Representative for the Child (3rd Defendant) Attorney General for the Commonwealth (4th Defendant) Representation: Counsel: In Person (Plaintiffs) S Christie (1st and 2nd Defendants) D McMullen (3rd Defendant) Z Heger (Attorney General for the Commonwealth)
Solicitors: n/a (Plaintiffs) Crown Solicitor (1st and 2nd Defendants) Legal Aid NSW (3rd Defendant) File Number(s): A019/2016
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