State of New South Wales v Peckham (Preliminary) [2019] NSWSC 1150

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Peckham (Preliminary) [2019] NSWSC 1150 Hearing dates: 3 September 2019 Date of orders: 03 September 2019 Decision date: 03 September 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Bellew J Decision: (1) Pursuant to clause 6(5) of schedule 1 to the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 NSW:

(a) the Court appoints two qualified psychiatrists psychologists and/or registered medical practitioners or any combination of such persons to conduct separate examinations of the defendant and to furnish reports to the Court on the results of those examinations by no later than 25 October 2019; and

(b) the defendant is directed to attend those examinations.

(2) Pursuant to cls 10 and 11(1) of sch 1 to the Act the defendant is subject to an interim extension order commencing from 16 September 2019 for a period of three months.

(3) Access to the Court's file in this proceeding is hereby restricted such that access by a non-party to the proceeding is to be permitted only by leave of a judge of the Court and only with prior notice to the parties so as to allow them an opportunity to be heard in respect of an application for access.

(4) In the event that there is any difficulty encountered in the execution of Order (1) above, the parties are each granted liberty to approach my associate on 24 hours' notice to the other to request that the matter be listed before me.

(5) The proceedings are listed for hearing on 22 November 2019.

(6) The plaintiff is to file and serve written submissions and any additional evidence 14 days prior to the hearing, that is by 8 November 2019.