19 Jun 2020
R v K [2020] NZHC 1403
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 1403
- Court
- High Court
On the evidence of experienced health assessors that s24(2) detention was unnecessary, the absence of actual violence and the prospect of managing risk through enforced medication and clinical supervision, the court declined to detain under s24(2) and instead ordered treatment as a patient under s25(1)(a) with the order to take effect as an inpatient order under s26(1); the court also authorised release of expert reports to treating clinicians and extended interim name suppression.