JD v Director-General of Department of Youth and Community Services & Ors (1998) NSWSC 353

In this matter Greg Walsh represented the appellant who sought a declaration that a Children’s Court Magistrate had denied the plaintiff natural justice by ruling that cross-examination of witnesses by the parties legal representatives be restricted to 30 minutes. Black AJ granted a declaration that the Magistrate denied the plaintiff procedural fairness by ruling that cross-examination be restricted.