State of New South Wales v Fayad (Preliminary) [2023] NSWSC 115

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Fayad (Preliminary) [2023] NSWSC 115 Hearing dates: 15 February 2023 Date of orders: 20 February 2023 Decision date: 20 February 2023 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Sweeney J Decision: (1) The Plaintiff's applications for the appointment of a psychiatrist and psychologist to examine the Defendant and for an Interim Supervision Order are dismissed. (2) Access to the Court file in these proceedings is restricted such that access would be permitted to a non-party only with leave of a Judge of this Court, and with prior notice to the parties so as to allow them an opportunity to be heard in respect of the application for access. Catchwords: HIGH RISK OFFENDERS — Terrorism — Extended supervision orders — Preliminary hearing Legislation Cited: Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 (NSW) Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) Cases Cited: State of New South Wales v Naaman (No 2) [2018] NSWCA 323 State of New South Wales v Naaman (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1329 State of New South Wales v Cheema (Preliminary) [2020] NSWSC 876 State of New South Wales v Barez (Preliminary) [2019] NSWSC 1589 State of New South Wales v Fayad (Preliminary) [2020] NSWSC 1681 State of New South Wales v XX [2022] NSWSC 1583 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Principal judgment Parties: State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Wassim Fayad (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Single SC with M Varley (Plaintiff) J Ellis (Defendant)