DBL: A taxi driver’s licence: Unpicking the law and media coverage 2 december 2008
Written by alex on December 2, 2008 – 1:53 am -This week on Done By Law, we speak to expert Sophie Delaney, the Coordinator of the Mental Health Legal Centre about the media beat up related to a VCAT’s recent decision to grant a taxi driver his licence. This taxi driver had been found not guilty of a charge of murder by way of insanity. VCAT’s Deputy President weighed the circumstances up and approved the driver’s application for his licence. We examine the Victoria Government’s response that this calls for retrospective legislation to prevent VCAT exercising its discretion, which was mislabelled a loophole. Sophie discusses the issues surrounding supression orders in matters where people are found to be impaired. We also touch on the recent review of involuntary patient’s treatment in psychiatric hospitals.
Tags: involuntary patient, mental health, vcat
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