Health Care Complaints Commission v Sahebi [2024] NSWCATOD 91

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Health Care Complaints Commission v Sahebi [2024] NSWCATOD 91 Hearing dates: 3 - 4 June 2024 Date of orders: 04 July 2024 Decision date: 04 July 2024 Jurisdiction: Occupational Division Before: G Blake AM SC, Senior Member F Denton, Senior Member R Lander, Senior Member R Kusuma, General Member Decision: (1) The respondent's registration is cancelled. (2) The respondent is prohibited from providing any health service as defined in s 5 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW). (3) The respondent may not apply for a review of orders (1) and (2) above for two years from the date of this decision. (4) The respondent is to pay the costs of the applicant of the proceedings as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: HEALTH — professional registration and discipline psychologist - sexual relationship with client – other failures to adhere to appropriate professional boundaries - failure to maintain adequate clinical records – misleading the Psychology Council of New South Wales and the Health Care Complaints Commission - whether constitutes unsatisfactory professional conduct and professional misconduct - what protective orders should be made Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), s 140 Health Care Complaints Act 1993 (NSW), s 34A Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), ss 3, 3A, 4, 5, 139B, 139E, 149, 149A, 149C, 150, Sch 5D, cll 7, 13 Cases Cited: Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336; [1938] HCA 34 Bronze Wing International Pty Ltd v SafeWork NSW [2017] NSWCA 41 Campbell v Campbell [2015] NSWSC 784 Chen v Health Care Complaints Commission (2017) 95 NSWLR 334; [2017] NSWCA 186 Gautam v Health Care Complaints Commission [2021] NSWCA 85 Ghosh v Medical Council of New South Wales [2020] NSWCA 122 Health Care Complaints Commission v A Medical Practitioner [2001] NSWCA 158 Health Care Complaints Commission v Aref [2018] NSWCATOD 133 Health Care Complaints Commission v Do [2014] NSWCA 307 Health Care Complaints Commission v Gao [2022] NSWCATOD 73 Health Care Complaints Commission v Haasbroek [2018] NSWCATOD 177 Health Care Complaints Commission v Litchfield (1997) 41 NSWLR 630; [1997] NSWCA 264 Health Care Complaints Commission v Lord [2019] NSWCATOD 182 Health Care Complaints Commission v Lu [2023] NSWCATOD 51 Health Care Complaints Commission v Meneghetti [2020] NSWCATOD 39 Health Care Complaints Commission v Menz (No 2) [2017] NSWCATOD 172 Health Care Complaints Commission v Morsingh (No 3) [2022] NSWCATOD 28 Health Care Complaints Commission v Neale [2024] NSWCATOD 16 Health Care Complaints Commission v Ng [2015] NSWCATOD 85 Health Care Complaints Commission v Philipiah [2013] NSWCA 342 Health Care Complaints Commission v Schmaman [2019] NSWCATOD 82 Health Care Complaints Commission v Wilcox [2020] NSWCATOD 10 Health Care Complaints Commission v Wingate (2007) 70 NSWLR 323; [2007] NSWCA 32 Lee v Health Care Complaints Commission [2012] NSWCA 80 Morsingh v Health Care Complaints Commission [2022] NSWCA 106 Neat Holdings Pty Ltd v Karajan Holdings Pty Ltd [1992] HCA 66; (1992) 67 ALJR 170 Richter v Walton [1993] NSWCA 233 Texts Cited: None cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: Health Care Complaints Commission (Applicant) Ali Sahebi (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: I Chatterjee (Applicant)