Attorney General for NSW v MZ [2017] NSWSC 1773

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Attorney General for NSW v MZ [2017] NSWSC 1773 Hearing dates: 11 December 2017 Decision date: 15 December 2017 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Fullerton J Decision: 1. Save for the relief sought in paragraph 4 of the Summons filed on 11 October 2017, the Summons is dismissed.

2. I make an order in accordance with paragraph 4 of the Summons filed on 11 October 2017.

3. I further order that the defendant's name be anonymised as "MZ" and his daughter's name be anonymised as "Ms Z".

4. The plaintiff is to pay the defendant's costs. Catchwords: CIVIL – Mental Health Forensic Provisions Act 1990 (NSW) – application for interim extension order – forensic patient – limiting term due to expire – whether unacceptable risk of causing serious harm if status as forensic patient ceases Legislation Cited: Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 (NSW) Court Suppression and Non-publication Orders Act 2010 (NSW) Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW) Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 (NSW) Powers of Attorney Act 2003 (NSW) Cases Cited: Attorney General of New South Wales v Kereopa (No 2) [2017] NSWSC 928 Attorney General of New South Wales v McGuire (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 288 Attorney General of New South Wales v Skerry (Preliminary) [2015] NSWSC 859 Lynn v State of New South Wales [2016] NSWCA 57; 91 NSWLR 636 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Attorney General of NSW (Plaintiff) MZ (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: A Rose (Plaintiff) A Hawkins (Defendant)