Chase and Vievers-Gowen

The matter of *Chase and Vievers-Gowen* concerned an application before Justice Jordan of the Supreme Court of Queensland. The dispute involved a child born in January 2000, whose name had been placed on an Airport Watch List. The specific nature of the underlying dispute that led to this placement is not detailed, but the court was tasked with determining whether the existing orders regarding the child's inclusion on the watch list should be maintained or set aside.

The central legal issue before the court was the appropriateness of the child's continued inclusion on the Airport Watch List. This required an assessment of the circumstances that led to the initial placement and whether those circumstances still warranted such a restrictive measure. The court had to consider the welfare of the child and the legal basis for imposing such a restriction on their movement or identification.

Justice Jordan reasoned that the continued inclusion of the child on the Airport Watch List was no longer justified. The court discharged the orders previously made by Justice Burr on 22 January 2008, which had presumably authorised or maintained the child's placement on the list. Consequently, the court ordered that the child's name be forthwith removed from the Airport Watch List.