Attorney-General of New South Wales v Ramirez (No 4) (Final Orders) [2018] NSWSC 1466

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Attorney-General of New South Wales v Ramirez (No 4) (Final Orders) [2018] NSWSC 1466 Hearing dates: 18 September 2018 Date of orders: 28 September 2018 Decision date: 28 September 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Lonergan J Decision: Pursuant to cl 1 and cl 7(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 the defendant be subject to an order for the extension of his status as a forensic patient for a period of four (4) years commencing on 30 September 2018 to continue to 29 September 2022 Catchwords: MENTAL HEALTH – forensic patient – application for extension order – defendant with schizoaffective disorder – where the statutory test for the order conceded – length of order in issue Legislation Cited: Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW) s 68 Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 (NSW) ss 30, 40, 54A, 42, 74B, Sch 1 cls 2, 7 Cases Cited: Attorney-General of New South Wales v Ramirez [2018] NSWSC 662 Attorney-General of New South Wales v Ramirez (No 2) [2018] NSWSC 1305 Attorney-General of New South Wales v Ramirez (No 3) [2018] NSWSC 1444 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Attorney-General of New South Wales (Plaintiff) James Aaron Ramirez bht Sophie Tsatsimas (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: A Rose (Plaintiff) K Stares (Defendant)

Solicitors: Crown Solicitor's Office (Plaintiff) Legal Aid NSW (Defendant) File Number(s): 2018/67942