Yousef v Royal Australasian College of Surgeons [2023] NSWSC 504

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Yousef v Royal Australasian College of Surgeons [2023] NSWSC 504 Hearing dates: 1 & 2 May 2023 Decision date: 16 May 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Ball J Decision: Summons be dismissed with costs Catchwords: CONTRACTS — Construction — Interpretation — Where contract for placement within the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Education and Training Program — Where declaration provided with training application — Whether trainee knowingly provided false and/or misleading information — Whether termination valid — Where errors and/or omissions in application — Where trainee must have known information required and provided misleading and false statements Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Cases Cited: Australian Securities and Investments Commission v ActiveSuper Pty Ltd (in liq) (2015) 235 FCR 181; [2015] FCA 342 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336; [1938] HCA 34 Campbell v Backoffice Investments Pty Ltd (2009) 238 CLR 304; [2009] HCA 25 Franklins Pty Ltd v Metcash Trading Ltd (2009) 76 NSWLR 603; [2009] NSWCA 407 Provincial Insurance Australia Pty Ltd v Consolidated Wood Products Pty Ltd (1991) 25 NSWLR 541 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Justin Yousef (Plaintiff) Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (First Defendant) Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons Inc (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: A Harding SC with M Youssef (Plaintiff) I Chatterjee (Defendants)