Sawyer v Child Support Registrar

Sawyer (the applicant) sought judicial review of a decision by the Child Support Registrar to issue a departure prohibition order, and also sought to revoke that order and obtain a departure authorisation certificate. The matter came before Judge Jarrett in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia.

The primary legal issues before the Court were whether the Registrar's decision to issue the departure prohibition order was affected by an error of law, and whether the applicant had established grounds for the revocation of that order or for the issuance of a departure authorisation certificate.

Judge Jarrett dismissed the application for judicial review, finding no error of law in the Registrar's decision to issue the departure prohibition order. The Court also dismissed the applications to revoke the departure prohibition order and for a departure authorisation certificate, indicating that the applicant had not satisfied the relevant legal tests for these remedies.