PNH [2016] NSWCATGD 76

NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: PNH [2016] NSWCATGD 76 Hearing dates: 25 August 2016 Date of orders: 25 August 2016 Decision date: 25 August 2016 Jurisdiction: Guardianship Division Before: A M Scahill, Senior Member (Legal) J M Wortley, Senior Member (Professional) M Watson, General Member (Community) Decision: 1. The Tribunal appointed Ms DAZ as the guardian of Mrs PNH with the authority to make decisions about her accommodation; health care; medical and dental consents, and services for a period of 12 months.

2. The Tribunal committed the management of the estate of Mrs PNH to the NSW Trustee and Guardian. Catchwords: GUARDIANSHIP – application for a guardianship order – application for a financial management order – procedure – mandatory considerations in s 14(2) of the Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW) – consideration of who to appoint as guardian and financial manager –appointment of private guardian – proposed financial manager's insight into the needs of the subject person – appointment of NSW Trustee and Guardian as financial manager Legislation Cited: Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW), ss 3, 4, 14, 17, 25M Cases Cited: CJ v AKJ [2015] NSWSC 498 Holt & Anor v Protective Commissioner (1993) 31 NSWLR 227 McD v McD (1983) 3 NSWLR 81 P v NSW Trustee and Guardian [2015] NSWSC 579 Re W and L (Parameters of protected estate management orders) [2014] NSW SC 1106 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Mrs PNH (subject person) Mr SQT (applicant) The NSW Trustee and Guardian The NSW Public Guardian Representation: Nil File Number(s): 62950 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)).