Key legal question
Whether the appeal was admissible despite the appellant challenging only the medical diagnosis after release from protective placement.
Extracted holding
The appellant lacked material injury because the attacked decision had already granted release; therefore she had no standing to contest the diagnosis alone.
Extracted reasoning
The Federal Court held that only a person affected in her legal position by the challenged decision has standing. Since the commission had admitted the earlier appeal and lifted the placement, the appellant was not materially harmed by that decision.