State of New South Wales v Chaplin [2019] NSWSC 471

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Chaplin [2019] NSWSC 471 Hearing dates: 18 September 2018 Date of orders: 04 October 2018 Decision date: 29 April 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Rothman J Decision: (1) An order pursuant to s 7(4) of the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (NSW) ("the Act"):

(a) appointing two qualified psychiatrists or registered psychologists (or any combination of such persons) 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) directing the defendant to attend those examinations.

(2) An order:

(a) pursuant to s 10A of the Act, that the defendant be subject to an interim supervision order from 4 October 2018 for a period of 28 days ("the interim supervision order"); and

(b) pursuant to s 11 of the Act, directing that the defendant, for the period of the interim supervision order, comply with the conditions set out in Schedule A to the Extended Supervision Order.

(3) An order that access to the Court's file in respect of any document shall not be granted to a non-party without the leave of a Judge of the Court, and, if any application for access is made by a non-party in respect of any document, the parties are to be notified by the Registrar so as to allow them an opportunity to be heard in relation to the application for access.

(4) The psychiatrists, Dr Kerry Eagle and Dr Andrew Ellis, are appointed to conduct separate psychiatric examinations of the defendant pursuant to Order 1(a) of the Orders published today. Those reports are to be furnished to the Court by 1 November 2018.