Long time, no see: Australians with mental illnesses wait too long before independent review of detention

Alternative Law Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 147-148

  Ryan, Christopher James ^a   Callaghan, Sascha ^b   Large, Matthew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Centre for Values   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 79951749793     PISSN: 1037969X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1037969X1003500303     Document Type: Review

References (34)

1. Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW) s 99(4).
2. Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW) ss 46, 46A.
3. New South Wales Guardianship Tribunal, 'Annual Report 2008/2009' (2009).
4. Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW) s 27(d).
5. Pat O'Shane, 'Mental Health Act 1958 (N.S.W.)' (1977) 2 University of New South Wales Law Journal 398.
6. New South Wales, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 27 November 1958, 2150-2166 (William Sheahan).
7. Courts and Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 2008 (NSW) sch 16.
8. Mental Health Act 2007 (NSW) s 27(d).
9. Letter from Greg James to NSW Mental Health Service Area Directors, 25 February 2010.
10. Joel Gibson, 'Mentally Ill Forced to Wait a Month to Appeal', Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney) 13 March 2010, 5.
11. Greg James, 'Mental Health Changes Will Respect Patients' Needs' (Letter to the Editor), Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney) 17 March 2010, 12.
12. New South Wales Mental Health Review Tribunal, 'Annual Report 2007-8' (2008).
13. Greg James, 'Mental Health Changes Will Respect Patients' Needs' (Letter to the Editor), Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney) 17 March 2010, 12.
14. Greg James, 'Mental Health Changes Will Respect Patients' Needs' (Letter to the Editor), Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney) 17 March 2010, 12.
15. New South Wales Mental Health Review Tribunal, 'Mental Health Review from 1993 to the Year 2000 Including the Annual Reports for 1997 and 1998' (1999).
16. Mental Health Act 1996 (Tas) s 52.
17. Mental Health Act 1993 (SA) s 12
18. Mental Health Act 2009 (SA) s 25.
19. Mental Health Act 2000 (Qld) s 187(1).
20. Mental Health Act 1986 (Vic) s 30(1).
21. Mental Health Act 1996 (WA) s 138.
22. Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994 (ACT) s 17(1)
23. Mental Health and Related Services Act 1998 (NT) s 123.
24. In a number of Australian cases concerned with the coercive powers of mental health legislation, courts have held that the natural meaning of the statute should not be extended so as to restrict patient rights. See 'MM' v Mental Health Review Board [1999] WASC 1005 (Scott J)
25. See also Watson v Marshall & Cade [1971] HCA 33.
26. Michael L Perlin, 'On "Sanism"' (1992) 46 Southern Methodist University Law Review 373
27. Michael L Perlin, ' "Half-Wracked Prejudice Leaped Forth": Sanism, Pretextuality, and Why and How Mental Disability Law Developed as It Did' (1999) 10 Journal of Contemporary Legal Issues 3.
28. Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic) ss 8, 12, 13, 21.
29. See also Fleur Beaupert & Terry Carney, 'Mental Health Tribunals: Rights Drowning in Un-'Chartered' Health Waters?' (2008) 13 Australian Journal of Human Rights 181.
30. United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) articles 5, 12, 14(2), 22.
31. C, R (on the Application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal London South & South West Region [2001] EWCA Civ 1110, [64], [66] (Lord Phillips). [Emphasis added]
32. Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, opened for signature 4 November 1950, 213 UNTS 221 (entered into force 3 September 1953), as amended by Protocol No 11 with Protocol Nos 1, 4, 6, 7, 12 and 13 (2003), art 5(4).
33. C, R (on the Application of) v Mental Health Review Tribunal London South & South West Region [2001] EWCA Civ 1110, [45] (Lord Phillips)
34. Bezicheri v Italy [1989] 12 EHRR 210.