State of New South Wales v LC (Preliminary) [2022] NSWSC 1682

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v LC (Preliminary) [2022] NSWSC 1682 Hearing dates: 28 November 2022 Date of orders: 14 December 2022 Decision date: 14 December 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Lonergan J Decision: (1) The Summons is dismissed. (2) The plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs. Catchwords: HIGH RISK OFFENDER – preliminary hearing – Court not satisfied to a high degree of probability that defendant poses an unacceptable risk of committing another serious violence offence if not kept under supervision under the order – application dismissed Legislation Cited: Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 (NSW) Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 (NSW) Cases Cited: Cornwall v Attorney-General for New South Wales [2007] NSWCA 374 Lynn v State of New South Wales [2016] NSWCA 57 State of New South Wales v Barrie (Second Final) [2019] NSWSC 1161 State of New South Wales v Elomar (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1034 State of New South Wales v Golding (Preliminary) [2018] NSWSC 1041 State of New South Wales v Heness (Preliminary) [2019] NSWSC 1710 State of New South Wales v Kamm (Final) [2016] NSWSC 1 State of New South Wales v Manners [2008] NSWSC 1242 State of New South Wales v McGee (Preliminary) [2019] NSWSC 53 State of New South Wales v Pacey (Final) [2015] NSWSC 1983 State of New South Wales v Sancar [2016] NSWSC 867 State of New South Wales v Sleeman (Preliminary) [2018] NSWSC 562 State of New South Wales v Strong, Robert [2018] NSWSC 1113 State of New South Wales v Sturgeon [2019] NSWSC 559 Tannous v State of New South Wales [2020] NSWCA 261 Category: Principal judgment Parties: State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) LC (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: P Aitken (Plaintiff) S McGee (Defendant)