Landmark decisions in the Mental Health Court

Unsound mind

• Stapleton v The Queen (1952) 86 CLR 358
• A-G (Qld) v Bosanquet & Ors [2012] QCA 367
• KBC [2016] QMHC 2
• R v Presser [1958] VR 45
• Berg v Director of Public Prosecutions (Qld) [2015] QCA 196
• R v M [2002] QCA 464
• Re W (Unreported, Queensland Mental Health Tribunal, Dowsett J, 14 October 1997)
• SCN v Director of Public Prosecutions (Qld) & Anor [2016] QCA 237
• McDermott v The Director of Mental Health; ex parte A-G (Qld) [2007] QCA 51
• Re AK [2002] QMHC 003
• In the matter of Sukkur Abdus [2016] QMHC 10
• Reid v DPP (Qld) & Anor [2008] QCA 123
• KAB [2015] QMHC 2

Mental disease

• KBC [2016] QMHC 2

Fitness for trial

• R v Presser [1958] VR 45
• Berg v Director of Public Prosecutions (Qld) [2015] QCA 196
• R v M [2002] QCA 464

Intoxication

• Re W (Unreported, Queensland Mental Health Tribunal, Dowsett J, 14 October 1997)
• SCN v Director of Public Prosecutions (Qld) & Anor [2016] QCA 237

Diminished responsibility

• McDermott v The Director of Mental Health; ex parte A-G (Qld) [2007] QCA 51

Appeals from Mental Health Review Tribunal

• Re AK [2002] QMHC 003

Role of the Director of Forensic Disability

• In the matter of Sukkur Abdus [2016] QMHC 10

Role of assisting psychiatrists

• Reid v DPP (Qld) & Anor [2008] QCA 123

Role of reporting psychiatrists

• KAB [2015] QMHC 2