Windsor v Health Care Complaints Commission

[2020] NSWCA 110

NSW Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Medical Profession
2. › Protective proceedings
3. › Cancellation of registration
4. › Complaint of lack of competence and unsuitability
5. › Whether error of law demonstrated
6. › Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), ss 139, 144, 145E, 145F, 149C
1. Administrative Law
2. › Bias rule
3. › Apprehended bias
4. › Tribunal member ineligible to sit
5. › Whether reconstitution of Tribunal cured defect
6. › Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), s 165B(6)
1. Administrative Law
2. › Hearing rule
3. › Procedural fairness
4. › Whether Tribunal failed to address appellant's evidence and arguments
5. › Whether two-stage hearing process required
1. Administrative Law
2. › Judicial review
3. › Appeal on question of law
4. › Interlocutory decisions
5. › Whether leave to appeal required
6. › Whether House v The King error demonstrated
7. › Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), Sch 5, cl 29

Quick Take

Practitioners advising medical practitioners subject to s 150 suspension should note that all statutory avenues of appeal (ss 159, 159B) must be exhausted before seeking judicial review, and that a subsequent Tribunal cancellation renders challenge to the earlier suspension moot.