27 Aug 2007
HAWTHORNE V COX AND ANOR HC AK CIV 2006-404-7390
- Citation
- openlaw-404989f8_740a_4fee_9757_a9df4e8ad644.pdf
- Court
- High Court
Leave for the lawyer to apply without notice was permissibly made given the lawyer's role and lack of prejudice, but the substantive guardianship order was set aside because the evidence did not meet the protective threshold required to place a 16 year old under court guardianship; a 16 year old is presumptively mature and court guardianship is a protective remedy to be invoked only when necessary.