State of New South Wales v Sines [2017] NSWSC 592

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Sines [2017] NSWSC 592 Hearing dates: 5 May 2017 Date of orders: 05 May 2017 Decision date: 16 May 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Wilson J Decision: (1) Pursuant to section 7(4) of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006:

(a) Two qualified psychiatrists and/or registered psychologists (or any combination of such persons) as agreed between the parties, to conduct separate psychiatric or psychological examinations of the defendant and to furnish reports to the Supreme Court on the results of those examinations by a date to be fixed by the Court; and

(b) Direct the defendant to attend those examinations.

(2) Give the parties liberty to approach the list manager to fix a further hearing date.

(3) Give the parties liberty to approach Wilson J's chambers by email to facilitate the fixing of a date for the reports to be furnished to the court and the parties.

(4) Grant liberty to the parties to restore the matter to the list with 48 hours' notice. Catchwords: CIVIL LAW – application pursuant to the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) – high risk offender – preliminary hearing Legislation Cited: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW) Cases Cited: Cornwall v. Attorney General for New South Wales [2007] NSWCA 374 Lynn v State of New South Wales [2016] NSWCA 57 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) Peter James Sines (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr L Fernandez (Plaintiff) Mr P Coady (Defendant)