The citation of X and Y (By Her Tutor X) v Pal (1991) 23 NSWLR 26 shows that the case is reported in the New South Wales Law Reports.

These reports contain the decisions of the New South Wales Supreme Court. This case must therefore be a decision of that court, and might be a decision of the New South Wales Court of Appeal.

A decision of the Court of Appeal would bind a court lower in the NSW hierarchy, but not the Court of Appeal itself. However, it would be highly persuasive.