State of New South Wales v Levy (Preliminary) [2020] NSWSC 1531

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Levy (Preliminary) [2020] NSWSC 1531 Hearing dates: 27 October 2020 Date of orders: 30 October 2020 Decision date: 30 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Schmidt AJ Decision: The parties should confer and before 4pm on 2 November file short minutes of the orders which must be made to reflect their agreement and the conclusions which I have reached on the disputed conditions. Catchwords: HIGH RISK OFFENDERS – preliminary hearing – application for interim supervision order – sexual offending – disputed conditions – relevant statutory considerations – mitigation of risk Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) ss 61(2), 61M(2), 66EB(2). Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) ss 3, 4A, 5(1), 5B, 5I, 6, 10A, 11 Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW) Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW) Cases Cited: Lynn v State of New South Wales (2016) NSWLR 636; [2016] NSWCA 57 R v Levy (District Court (NSW) 14 June 2014 unrep) State of New South Wales v Baldwin [2019] NSWSC 1882 State of New South Wales v Grooms (Final) [2019] NSWSC 353 State of New South Wales v Steven Single [2019] NSWSC 176 State of New South Wales v Tannous [2020] NSWSC 292 State of NSW v Vincent [2017] NSWSC 858 Wilde v State of New South Wales (2015) 249 A Crim R 65; [2015] NSWCA 28 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: State of NSW (Plaintiff) Christopher James Levy (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: P Aitken (Plaintiff) S Climo (Defendant) D Bhutani (Defendant)