KM v Director-General, Family and Community Services [2014] NSWSC 176
No exceptional circumstances exist requiring Supreme Court intervention in the Children's Court proceedings; a statutory appeal to the District Court is available and appropriate.
- Jurisdiction
- Australia
- Judgment Date
- 03 March 2014
- Procedural Posture
- Judicial Review and Parens Patriae Application / Summons Dismissed, Ex Tempore Judgment
- Outcome
- Summons dismissed
- Legal Topics
- ['guardianship' 'parens Patriae Jurisdiction' "appeals From Children's Court"]
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Procedural Posture
Judicial Review and Parens Patriae Application / Summons Dismissed, Ex Tempore Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 ["Whether the Supreme Court should intervene by judicial review or exercise of parens patriae jurisdiction in Children's Court proceedings" 'Whether the existence of a right of appeal to the District Court precludes Supreme Court intervention']
Ratio Decidendi
No exceptional circumstances exist requiring Supreme Court intervention in the Children's Court proceedings; a statutory appeal to the District Court is available and appropriate.
Court Disposition
Summons dismissed
Orders
- ['The summons be dismissed']
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