Health Care Complaints Commission v Whittle (No 2) [2022] NSWCATOD 181

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Health Care Complaints Commission v Whittle (No 2) [2022] NSWCATOD 181 Hearing dates: 14 December 2022 Date of orders: 16 December 2022 Decision date: 16 December 2022 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: H J Dixon SC, Senior Member Dr L Hunt, Senior Member S Daly, Senior Member Dr C Berglund, General Member Decision: (1) The registration of the Respondent is cancelled with effect from the date of this decision. (2) The Respondent shall not be entitled to apply for re-registration for a period of two and a half years from the date of this decision. (3) The Respondent shall pay the Applicant's costs as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: HEALTH – professional registration and discipline complaints – nursing – deregistration for professional misconduct and unsatisfactory conduct Legislation Cited: Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) Cases Cited: Chen v Health Care Complaints Commission [2017] NSWCA 186 95 NSWLR 334 Clyne v NSW Bar Association (1960) 104 CLR 186 Health Care Complaints Commission v Andrews (No 2) [2021] NSWCATOD 208 Health Care Complaints Commission v Do [2014] NSWCA 307 Health Care Complaints Commission v Muthunesan [2021] NSWCATOD 178 Health Care Complaints Commission v Philipiah [2013] NSWCA 342 Health Care Complaints Commission v Russ [2021] NSWCATOD 5 Health Care Complaints Commission v Whittle [2022] NSWCATOD 163 Lee v Health Care Complaints Commission [2012] NSWCA 80 Prakash v Health Care Complaints Commission [2006] NSWCA 153 Sabag v Health Care Complaints Commission [2001] NSWCA 411 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Health Care Complaints Commission (Applicant) Richard Whittle (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: S McCarthy (Applicant)