Health Care Complaints Commission v Karalasingham

• 1. Appeal
  2. › Right of appeal from Medical Tribunal to Court of Appeal
  3. › Appeal with respect to a point of law
  4. › Whether error of law requires separate identification and decision by Tribunal
  5. › Whether evaluative judgment as to statutory phrase involves question of law
  6. › Medical Practice Act 1992 (NSW), ss 90, 154
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Review of disciplinary orders
  3. › Scope of review under s 90(1)(b)
  4. › Whether review extends beyond errors of law
  5. › Whether Court may examine factual conclusions relevant to disciplinary order
  6. › Whether Court bound by factual findings underlying complaint
  7. › Medical Practice Act 1992 (NSW), s 90(1)(b)
• 1. Medical Profession
  2. › Professional misconduct
  3. › Disciplinary orders
  4. › Whether deregistration appropriate
  5. › Exercise of disciplinary power by Tribunal
  6. › Whether Tribunal erred in not ordering deregistration for dishonest conduct
  7. › House v The King principles
  8. › Medical Practice Act 1992 (NSW), ss 60-64
• 1. Medical Profession
  2. › Professional misconduct
  3. › Not of good character
  4. › General practitioner providing false medical certificates
  5. › Whether conduct necessarily demonstrated practitioner was not of good character
  6. › Whether evaluative judgment of Tribunal disclosed error of law
  7. › Medical Practice Act 1992 (NSW), ss 36(e), 39(e)

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