Baez v Medical Council of NSW [2020] NSWCATOD 127

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Baez v Medical Council of NSW [2020] NSWCATOD 127 Hearing dates: 26, 27 October 2020 Date of orders: 06 November 2020 Decision date: 06 November 2020 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: A Balla ADCJ, Principal Member Dr H Haikal-Mukhtar, Senior Member Dr G Yeo, Senior Member Dr C Berglund, General Member Decision: 1. The Application is dismissed. 2. Mr Baez to pay the costs of the respondent. Catchwords: PROFESSION AND TRADES – medical practitioner – registration – application for reinstatement after registration cancelled Legislation Cited: Health Practitioners Regulation National Law (NSW), ss 163, 163B, 163C Cases Cited: Ameisen v Medical Council of NSW [2015] NSWCATOD 49 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Ex parte Tziniolis; Re Medical Practitioners' Act (1966) 67 SR (NSW) 448 Health Care Complaints Commission v Dr Baez [2014] NSWCATOD 3 Re Mansoor Haider Zaidi [2006] NSWMT 6 Vito Zepinic v Health Care Complaints Commission [2020] NSWSC 13 Zaidi v Health Care Complaints Commission (1998) 44 NSWLR 82 Zepinic v Health Care Complaints Commission (No 2) [2018] NSWCATOD 166 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: Fabian Baez (Applicant) Medical Council of NSW (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: A Horvath (Respondent) Solicitors: Broken Bay Legal Services (Applicant) Medical Council of NSW (Respondent) File Number(s): 2020/00078883 Publication restriction: Pursuant to s 64(1) of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 the disclosure and/or publication of the name of any patient of Mr Baez is prohibited.