Wornum and Egerton (Child support)

This matter concerned a review of decisions made by the Registrar of the Child Support Agency regarding the assessment of child support payable by Mr Wornum to Ms Egerton. The dispute centred on the Registrar's estimation of Mr Wornum's income for the purposes of calculating child support liabilities.

The court was required to determine whether the Registrar had erred in reviewing an estimate of Mr Wornum's income, and whether the Registrar's decisions to accept the estimated income in two separate instances were correct. Specifically, the court had to consider if the Registrar was prevented from reviewing the estimate and if the reconciliation of income in the first matter and the acceptance of the estimate in the second matter were legally sound.

The court affirmed the Registrar's decisions. It found that the Registrar was not prevented from reviewing the estimate of income. The court was satisfied that the reconciliation of income in the first matter was correct, and that the Registrar had correctly accepted the estimate of income in the second matter. These findings led to the affirmation of both decisions under review.