Patients and health services can request a statement of reasons explaining why the Tribunal made a decision in a particular case.
Statements of reasons are not precedents that must or should be followed. However, for transparency about its decision making, the Tribunal has de-identified and published a variety of statements of reasons on AustLII.
The statements of reasons below explain how the Tribunal applied criteria in mental health legislation and made different types of decisions.
UMB [2024] VMHT 27
WQF [2023] VMHT 7
RGV [2021] VMHT 2
OEQ [2021] VMHT 21
CEF [2021] VMHT 27
YQT [2021] VMHT 1
FFC [2020] VMHT 5
AAP [2020] VMHT 17
DDQ [2020] VMHT 21
SUN [2020] VMHT 23
JJM [2020] VMHT 29
OYC [2020] VMHT 31
CKH [2020] VMHT 37
CFW [2019] VMHT 4
RMH [2019] VMHT 25
AQY [2018] VMHT 003
NAI [2018] VMHT 010
QXW [2018] VMHT 020
XYK [2018] VMHT 024
LNL [2018] VMHT 032
GEX [2018] VMHT 038
JYN [2024] VMHT 22
AQO [2024] VMHT 15
IYQ [2024] VMHT 14
TES [2022] VMHT 1
RED [2022] VMHT 2
NKB [2021] VMHT 16
OEQ [2021] VMHT 21
XWO [2020] VMHT 1
DTM [2020] VMHT 35
UPG [2019] VMHT 8
RAA [2019] VMHT 10
UTT [2019] VMHT 20
PQG [2019] VMHT 27
SHQ [2019] VMHT 30
KFH [2019] VMHT 35
OAH [2018] VMHT 009
TUQ [2018] VMHT 013
LGS [2018] VMHT 014
AIV [2018] VMHT 015
WBL [2018] VMHT 034
XAM [2018] VMHT 041
Decisions made under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
LHB [2024] VMHT 25
YFG [2024] VMHT 21
NTC [2024] VMHT 20
WJL [2024] VMHT 12
IYQ [2024] VMHT 14
SCG [2024] VMHT 13
ORI [2024] VMHT 10
TIP [2024] VMHT 9
HHX [2024] VMHT 7
GEC [2024] VMHT 5
PHO [2024] VMHT 4
RYV [2024] VMHT 2
DIZ [2024] VMHT 1
GQA [2023] VMHT 24
ESJ [2023] VMHT 22
STS [2023] VMHT 17
OUQ [2023] VMHT 16
NHX [2023] VMHT 15
FVV [2023] VMHT 14
Decisions made under the Mental Health Act 2014
MHW [2023] VMHT 9
BLQ [2023] VMHT 8
ARZ [2023] VMHT 5
WYU [2022] VMHT 3
HUZ [2021] VMHT 3
LSH [2021] VMHT 5
PED [2021] VMHT 8
CPQ [2021] VMHT 11
CDS [2021] VMHT 15
RDD [2021] VMHT 20
ZGP [2021] VMHT 22
ZAV [2021] VMHT 24
KDY [2021] VMHT 25
XMA [2021] VMHT 26
CAD [2020] VMHT 2
HYX [2020] VMHT 10
ECX [2020] VMHT 12
JQA [2020] VMHT 15
AGD [2020] VMHT 20
CFQ [2020] VMHT 24
AMX [2020] VMHT 28
CIE [2020] VMHT 34
OSR [2020] VMHT 36
KAL [2020] VMHT 41
WON [2019] VMHT 3
LND [2019] VMHT 9
CNN [2019] VMHT 13
VGK [2019] VMHT 18
MPK [2019] VMHT 19
VUV [2019] VMHT 29
PPO [2019] VMHT 32
HGG [2019] VMHT 36
Decisions made under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
AFU [2024] VMHT 3
DQD [2023] VMHT 21
EFN [2023] VMHT 18
Decisions made under the Mental Health Act 2014
VXF [2023] VMHT 12
YAM [2023] VMHT 11
BLQ [2023] VMHT 8
NVF [2023] VMHT 6
ARZ [2023] VMHT 5
SXD [2021] VMHT 6
QGG [2021] VMHT 9
NKB [2021] VMHT 16
ZND [2021] VMHT 17
MFR [2021] VMHT 18
UWX [2021] VMHT 19
XMA [2021] VMHT 26
SHL [2020] VMHT 3
NKI [2020] VMHT 26
AKU [2020] VMHT 27
XNA [2020] VMHT 32
OSH [2020] VMHT 38
BYG [2020] VMHT 39
DNP [2020] VMHT 42
PML [2019] VMHT 1
SPT [2019] VMHT 7
JVH [2019] VMHT 11
XOZ [2019] VMHT 15
NKL [2019] VMHT 37
QGV [2019] VMHT 38
Decisions made under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
ORW [2024] VMHT 26
PCJ [2024] VMHT 19
BNW [2024] VMHT 18
GEC [2024] VMHT 5
AFU [2024] VMHT 3
EFN [2023] VMHT 18
Decisions made under the Mental Health Act 2014
VOS [2023] VMHT 13
VXF [2023] VMHT 12
YAM [2023] VMHT 11
XFW [2021] VMHT 7
QGG [2021] VMHT 9
OHZ [2021] VMHT 23
XMA [2021] VMHT 26
MGP [2020] VMHT 6
DHD [2020] VMHT 7
VDB [2020] VMHT 25
CGP [2020] VMHT 30
DNP [2020] VMHT 42
PML [2019] VMHT 1
YLP [2019] VMHT 5
LDO [2019] VMHT 22
MTW [2019] VMHT 39
KZE [2018] VMHT 012
XHJ [2018] VMHT 029
VPW [2018] VMHT 037
JVB [2018] VMHT 043
Decisions made under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
MFG [2024] VMHT 24
OXQ [2024] VMHT 23
ZWF [2024] VMHT 17
QXH [2024] VMHT 11
BDV [2024] VMHT 8
GJR [2023] VMHT 23
Decisions made under the Mental Health Act 2014
FZT [2021] VMHT 4
CWR [2021] VMHT 10
MSM [2020] VMHT 14
BHI [2020] VMHT 19
HVT [2020] VMHT 40
HUV [2019] VMHT 2
EBJ [2019] VMHT 12
IIN [2019] VMHT 16
HXN [2019] VMHT 28
LUS [2019] VMHT 31
GJN [2019] VMHT 33
MCS [2018] VMHT 005
OZE [2018] VMHT 008
UFZ [2018] VMHT 021
INM [2018] VMHT 027
XSJ [2018] VMHT 028
XPV [2018] VMHT 031
XUP [2017] VMHT 007
Decisions made under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
Decisions made under the Mental Health Act 2014
FZT [2021] VMHT 4
LDH [2021] VMHT 14
BHI [2020] VMHT 19
EHI [2020] VMHT 22
EBJ [2019] VMHT 12
HXN [2019] VMHT 28
LUS [2019] VMHT 31
GJN [2019] VMHT 33
CTE [2019] VMHT 34
MCS [2018] VMHT 005
GOS [2018] VMHT 006
OZE [2018] VMHT 008
JSP [2018] VMHT 018
INM [2018] VMHT 027
XSJ [2018] VMHT 028
Decisions made under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
TPS [2024] VMHT 6
Decisions made under the Mental Health Act 2014
LBM [2023] VMHT 10
JVH [2019] VMHT 11
ROA [2019] VMHT 23
AIA [2017] VMHT 016
Decisions made under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
AQW [2024] VMHT 16
TPS [2024] VMHT 6
EET [2023] VMHT 20
STS [2023] VMHT 17
OUQ [2023] VMHT 16
FVV [2023] VMHT 14
Decisions made under the Mental Health Act 2014
TES [2022] VMHT 1
CPQ [2021] VMHT 11
AJR [2021] VMHT 13
DHD [2020] VMHT 7
GJL [2020] VMHT 9
WNY [2020] VMHT 13
YDK [2020] VMHT 18
KAL [2020] VMHT 41
VDL [2019] VMHT 14
MPK [2019] VMHT 19
UTT [2019] VMHT 20
LDO [2019] VMHT 22
NMC [2019] VMHT 24
TTU [2019] VMHT 26
PQG [2019] VMHT 27
VUV [2019] VMHT 29
LUS [2019] VMHT 31