State of New South Wales v Grant Michaels (Preliminary) [2025] NSWSC 51

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Grant Michaels (Preliminary) [2025] NSWSC 51 Hearing dates: 4 February 2024 Date of orders: 17 February 2025 Decision date: 17 February 2025 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Walton J Decision: The Court directs that the State bring in Short Minutes of Order reflecting this decision by no later than 4:00pm today, Monday 17 February 2025. Catchwords: HIGH RISK OFFENDER – Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) – preliminary hearing – s 5B(d) – whether parole conditions should be imposed under an Interim Supervision Order – disputed conditions Legislation Cited: Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW) Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney General for the State of NSW v Winters [2007] NSWSC 611 State of New South Wales v Boney (Final Hearing) [2020] NSWSC 1375 State of New South Wales v Cannon [2022] NSWSC 1622 State of New South Wales v Devries (Preliminary) [2021] NSWSC 949 State of New South Wales v Lee [2017] NSWSC 1766 State of New South Wales v Loto [2020] NSWSC 222 State of NSW v CD (Preliminary) [2021] NSWSC 1396 State of NSW v Wilkinson (Preliminary) [2020] NSWSC 1813 Wilde v State of New South Wales (2015) 249 A Crim R 65; [2015] NSWCA 28 Category: Principal judgment Parties: State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Grant Michael (a pseudonym) (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: P Aitken (Plaintiff) G Marsden (Defendant) Solicitors: Crown Solicitor's Office (Plaintiff) Legal Aid NSW (Defendant) File Number(s): 2024/342278 Publication restriction: Nil