Health Care Complaints Commission v Neale [2023] NSWCATOD 37

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Health Care Complaints Commission v Neale [2023] NSWCATOD 37 Hearing dates: 6 – 8 February 2023 Date of orders: 28 March 2023 Decision date: 28 March 2023 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: The Hon I Coleman SC ADCJ, Principal Member Dr A Reid, Senior Member Dr K Arnold, Senior Member Associate Prof P Macneill, General Member Decision: (1) The Tribunal finds the Respondent guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct. (2) The proceedings are to be listed for directions to fix a date for the Stage 2 hearing on a date to be appointed by the Registrar. Catchwords: OCCUPATIONS –medical practitioners – misconduct and discipline – where practitioner inappropriately purported to conduct role play with patient – whether practitioner guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct – whether practitioner guilty of professional misconduct Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 (NSW), s 64 Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), ss 139B(1), 139E, 149C(1)(b) Health Practitioner Regulation (New South Wales) Regulation 2016 Cases Cited: A v N [2012] NSWSC 354 Bradshaw v McEwans Pty Ltd (1951) 217 ALR 1 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336; [1938] HCA 34 Campbell v Campbell [2015] NSWSC 784 Chen v Health Care Complaints Commission (2017) 95 NSWLR 334; [2017] NSWCA 186 Hampshire v Health Care Complaints Commission [2021] NSWCA 283 Health Care Complaints Commission v Black (No 2) [2015] NSWCATOD 5 Health Care Complaints Commission v Burton [2017] NSWCATOD 57 Health Care Complaints Commission v Grygiel (Termination Application) [2020] NSWCATOD 53 Health Care Complaints Commission v Litchfield (1997) 41 NSWLR 630; [1997] NSWCA 264 Health Care Complaints Commission v Litchfield [2022] NSWCATOD 97 Health Care Complaints Commission v Little [2016] NSWCATOD 146 Health Care Complaints Commission v Nguyen [2018] NSWCATOD 168 Health Care Complaints Commission v Robinson [2022] NSWCA 164 Health Care Complaints Commission v Ross [2019] NSWCATOD 153 Health Care Complaints Commission v Simonson [2017] NSWCATOD 87 Health Care Complaints Commission v Sinnathurai [2021] NSWCATOD 102 Health Care Complaints Commission v Wilcox [2020] NSWCATOD 10 Health Care Complaints Commission v Yildirim [2021] NSWCATOD 146 Ho v Powell (2001) 51 NSWLR 572; [2001] NSWCA 168 Lucire v Health Care Complaints Commission [2011] NSWCA 99 Marshall v Prescott [2015] NSWCA 110 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355; [1998] HCA 78 R v Burns & Hopwood (1995) 183 CLR 501; [1995] HCA 1 Sabag v Health Care Complaints Commission [2001] NSWCA 411 Watson v Foxman (1995) 49 NSWLR 315 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Health Care Complaints Commission (Applicant) Dr Brian Lewis Neale (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: I Chatterjee (Respondent)