Forensic Mental Health: Tom Quilter SC, Dr Andrew Ellis and Callum Hair

Tom Quilter SC, Dr Andrew Ellis, consultant psychiatrist and Callum Hair, solicitor advocate, come together to discuss what happens in the legal system for people who are charged with a serious offence, who have a mental health or cognitive impairment. They examine the Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions Act 2020, assessing a person for fitness, and talk about why early collaboration between criminal and civil systems is important for the long-term recovery of the person and community safety as a whole. Special thanks to host Rhiannon McMillan and to Michelle McDonald and Helen Shaw for there early work on this podcast.

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Forensic Mental Health: Tom Quilter SC, Dr Andrew Ellis and Callum Hair is an episode from Legal Aid NSW Criminal Law Division by Legal Aid NSW.

This episode is 41:39 long.

This episode was published on Mar 8, 2026.

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