Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Ethics and Professional Responsibility
This program is based on NSW legislation
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair
Michael Gleeson, Acting Crown Prosecutor for the Office Director of Public Prosecutions
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
The Long-term Consequences of NGMI (Not Guilty by Reason of Mental Impairment) Verdicts: Legal and Ethical Challenges in the Housing and Treatment of Forensic and Correctional Patients
- Delve into the practical considerations and complexities surrounding individuals who are found NGMI and the implications for their housing and treatment within correctional facilities
- Explore the legal and ethical issues arising from the Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020 (MHCIFPA) and the potential for patients to be retained indefinitely
- Explore the broader issues related to mental health and the criminal justice system
Presented by Dr Yega Muthu, Partner, YM Lawyers Pty Ltd
Presenters
Dr. Yega Muthu, Director and Principal Solicitor, YM Lawyers Pty Ltd
Drawing on his experience from both academia and professional practice, Dr Yega Muthu established YM Lawyers to provide a service to clients built on insight and excellence. From years of experience, Yega has specialised in mental health law, guardianship,criminal law, human rights, succession and personal injury. In view of his mental health practice, he views his role in protecting vulnerable people in the community from exploitation. Subsequently, recognising his aptitude Yega was granted the judicial position as the ‘Lawyer’ member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal from 2008-2012. Yega also obtained his PhD in law focusing on psychiatry from Macquarie University. Yega maintains his role as a solicitor in practice including teaching Mental Health Law at the Australian Catholic University, where he is an Adjunct Associate Professor.
