Baglin v JG [2014] NSWSC 902

Baglin v JG [2014] NSWSC 902

The Local Court's jurisdiction to determine whether its jurisdiction to hear application proceedings had been properly invoked was implied as necessary for the effective exercise of the expressly conferred Pt 4 jurisdiction. Such jurisdiction proceedings were proceedings with respect to a matter for which jurisdiction was conferred on the Court by law within s 44, and therefore were application proceedings. The power to award costs was consequently conferred by the express terms of s 69, read with ss 43 and 44, and the magistrate's costs order was properly made.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
09 July 2014
Procedural Posture
Summons for an Order in the Nature of Certiorari Pursuant to S 69 of the Supreme Court Act 1970 (nsw), Alternatively Declaratory Relief Under S 75, to Set Aside a Local Court Costs Order / Supreme Court Hearing of Summons; Summons Dismissed
Outcome
Summons dismissed
Legal Topics
['local Court Jurisdiction' 'application Proceedings' 'certiorari' 'implied Powers of Inferior Courts' 'forensic Procedure Applications' 'costs Following No Jurisdiction Finding']
['costs' 'administrative Law' 'courts and Jurisdiction' 'criminal Procedure'] ['local Court Jurisdiction' 'application Proceedings' 'certiorari' 'implied Powers of Inferior Courts' 'forensic Procedure Applications' 'costs Following No Jurisdiction Finding']

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Procedural Posture

Summons for an Order in the Nature of Certiorari Pursuant to S 69 of the Supreme Court Act 1970 (nsw), Alternatively Declaratory Relief Under S 75, to Set Aside a Local Court Costs Order / Supreme Court Hearing of Summons; Summons Dismissed

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether a magistrate had jurisdiction to make a costs order under s 69 of the Local Court Act 2007 (NSW) after finding that the Local Court had no jurisdiction to hear the plaintiff's application under the Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000 (NSW)." 'Whether proceedings in which the Local Court determines whether its jurisdiction has been properly invoked are "application proceedings" for the purposes of Pt 4 and s 69 of the Local Court Act 2007 (NSW).' "Whether the Local Court's power to award costs in those circumstances is express or implied."]

Ratio Decidendi

The Local Court's jurisdiction to determine whether its jurisdiction to hear application proceedings had been properly invoked was implied as necessary for the effective exercise of the expressly conferred Pt 4 jurisdiction. Such jurisdiction proceedings were proceedings with respect to a matter for which jurisdiction was conferred on the Court by law within s 44, and therefore were application proceedings. The power to award costs was consequently conferred by the express terms of s 69, read with ss 43 and 44, and the magistrate's costs order was properly made.

Court Disposition

Summons dismissed

Orders

  • ["The plaintiff's summons is dismissed."]