The Court of Appeal held that where a trial judge directed the jury to acquit if not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that detention and sedation under s 157B of the Public Health Act 2005 (Qld) were lawful, it was unnecessary to give separate directions on self-defence and provocation, as the abbreviated direction was more favourable to the accused. The Court confirmed that s 282 of the Criminal Code (surgical operations/medical treatment) had no application to sedation administered in aid of detention and transport under the Public Health Act, with the lawfulness of force governed instead by s 157L. An accused who voluntarily dismissed lawyers twice and refused Legal Aid conditions cannot establish a [name withheld] miscarriage of justice, as such a person may be taken to accept that fairness does not depend on legal representation.
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