Australia, Aug. 26 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 25:
1. The question in this matter is whether the accused is entitled to a defence of mental health impairment, as defined under s 28 of the Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 (NSW):
28 Defence of mental health impairment or cognitive impairment
(1) A person is not criminally responsible for an offence if, at the time of carrying out the act constituting the offence, the person had a mental health impairment or a cognitive impairment, or both, that had the effect that the person-
(a) did not know the nature and quality of the act, or
(b) did not know that the act was wrong (that is, the person...