State of New South Wales v Dennis [2016] NSWSC 993

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Dennis [2016] NSWSC 993 Hearing dates: 14 July 2016 Date of orders: 14 July 2016 Decision date: 14 July 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Beech-Jones J Decision: 1. Pursuant to s 7(4) of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) ("the Act"), the Court (a) - appoints Dr Andrew Ellis to conduct a psychiatric examination, and Mr Patrick Sheehan to conduct a separate psychological examination of the defendant, with both experts to furnish reports to the Supreme Court, and the results of those examinations by 31 August 2016; and (b) - directs the defendant to attend those examinations. 2. Pursuant to s 10A of the Act, the defendant be subject to an ISO from 14 July 2016 for a period of 28 days, and pursuant to s 11 of the Act, that for the period of the ISO, the defendant comply with the conditions set out in the schedules dated 14 July 2016 initialled by me and placed with the papers. 3. Direct the parties to have leave to approach the manager of listings to obtain a final hearing date with an estimate of one day. 4. Direct that access to the Court file in respect of any document should not be granted without the leave of the judge of the Court. 5. There be liberty to apply to re-list the matter on one day's notice. Catchwords: SEX OFFENDER - interim detention orders - high-risk sex offender - conditions proposed to mitigate risk Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) Cases Cited: State of NSW v Fisk [2013] NSWSC 364 Wilde v State of New South Wales [2015] NSWCA 28 Texts Cited: --- Category: Principal judgment Parties: State of New South Wales (Applicant) Robert John Dennis (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: Mr T Hammond (Applicant) Mr M Johnston SC (Respondent)