State of New South Wales v Nichol (Preliminary) [2019] NSWSC 1233

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Nichol (Preliminary) [2019] NSWSC 1233 Hearing dates: 5 September 2019 Date of orders: 18 September 2019 Decision date: 18 September 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Wright J Decision: (1) Two qualified psychiatrists or registered psychologists (or one of each such persons) as agreed by the parties are appointed to conduct separate psychiatric or psychological examinations of the defendant and are to furnish reports to the Supreme Court on the results of those examinations by a date to be agreed by the parties.

(2) The defendant is directed to attend those examinations.

(3) The defendant is to be the subject of an interim supervision order to commence at midnight on 24 September 2019.

(4) The interim supervision order is to be for a period of 28 days.

(5) The defendant is to comply with the conditions set out in the Schedule to these orders for the period of the interim supervision order.

(6) Access to the Court's file for any document shall not be granted to a non-party without 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 respect of the application for access.

(7) Liberty is granted to the parties to approach the High Risk Offenders List Judge to obtain hearing dates for any application for an extension of the interim order or the final hearing of the matter, and to fix a timetable for the filing and serving of evidence and submissions.