Secretary, Department of Communities and Justice v KH & Ors

• 1. Administrative Law
  2. › Judicial review
  3. › Certiorari
  4. › Error of law on the face of the record
  5. › Whether reasons of inferior court form part of the record
  6. › Meaning of 'ultimate determination'
  7. › Whether decision constituting a step towards ultimate determination is an 'ultimate determination'
  8. › Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 69(3), (4)
• 1. Child Welfare
  2. › Care proceedings
  3. › Permanency planning
  4. › Realistic possibility of restoration within a reasonable period
  5. › Whether primary judge misconstrued or failed to apply statutory test
  6. › Whether submissions invite merits review
  7. › Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 (NSW), ss 83(5), 83(7), 83(8A)
• 1. Child Welfare
  2. › Care proceedings
  3. › Paramountcy of best interests of child
  4. › Whether primary judge erred in focusing on possibility parent would be capable of providing safe environment
  5. › Permanent placement principles
  6. › Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 (NSW), ss 9, 10A
• 1. Administrative Law
  2. › Irrelevant and relevant considerations
  3. › Whether finding of denial of procedural fairness in prior proceedings was irrelevant consideration
  4. › Whether primary judge improperly used procedural fairness finding as basis for redress

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