The Court set aside the Children's Court's refusal to revoke a guardian ad litem appointment under s 101 of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998, on the basis that the decision was made without sufficient evidence as to the parent's current capacity, given her circumstances had materially changed since the original appointment. The Court held (without finally deciding the precise statutory or general law basis) that it must be open to the Children's Court to terminate a GAL appointment if satisfied the parent is no longer incapable of giving proper instructions. The judgment also contains significant obiter observations that AI-generated scripts and submissions used by self-represented litigants are, in most cases, of no assistance to the litigant or the Court, producing legally nonsensical material that is deleterious to the proper administration of justice.
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