Misrachi v Public Guardian [2019] NSWSC 752

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Misrachi v Public Guardian [2019] NSWSC 752 Hearing dates: 13, 14 May 2019; Submissions 28 May 2019 Date of orders: 24 June 2019 Decision date: 24 June 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Emmett AJA Decision: 1. Proceedings dismissed. 2. Plaintiff to pay the costs of the Public Guardian. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – administrative tribunals – Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NSW) - whether the Tribunal erred in failing to afford procedural fairness – whether the Tribunal failed to take into account the general principles in s 4 of the Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW) – whether the Tribunal made a manifestly unreasonable decision – whether the Tribunal placed excessive reliance on matters to the exclusion of all relevant factors – whether the Tribunal ought to have allowed the Daughter to adduce particular medical evidence. Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW) Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW) Cases Cited: Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 KB 223 Attorney-General (NSW) v Quinn (1990) 170 CLR 1 EB v Guardianship Tribunal [2011] NSWSC 767 Hossain v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] HCA 34 Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZVFW [2018] HCA 30 Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v WZARH (2015) 256 CLR 326 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs; Ex parte Lam (2003) 214 CLR 1 W v G (2003) 59 NSWLR 220 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: Joy Misrachi (Plaintiff) Public Guardian (First Defendant) Malca Misrachi (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J P Capsanis (Plaintiff) M Higgins (First Defendant)