30 May 2022
Where a respondent entity's engagements have been transferred and the successor entity is properly registered under a new name, the successor is the proper recipient of a costs award; accordingly the appellant must pay Unity Credit Union costs for a standard appeal on a band A basis with usual disbursements.
4 Mar 2020
The appeal was dismissed because it was filed and not brought within the prescribed time limits, had not been served on any party, and the High Court lacked jurisdiction to grant the substantive remedies sought (including changing recorded names), so an extension of time was not justified and the appeal must be dismissed.
23 Jan 2020
For overseas adoptions within s11 of the Intercountry Adoption Act the Registrar-General must register the name appearing in the competent authority's art 23 certificate by application of ss24 and 25 of the BDMRR Act and reg 6; an art 23 certificate functions as the notice required for registration and, absent variation of that certificate or a registered name change under s21A/B, the Registrar-General correctly issues the birth certificate in the birth name; the Family Court orders purporting to convert or vary the adoption in this case were invalid and of no effect because the overseas adop…