Lloyd -v- Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee (Inquiry 3: ‘Remus’ – Allegation 2) (GD) [2003] NSWADTAP 49 [2003] NSWADTAP 49

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CITATION: Lloyd -v- Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee (Inquiry 3: 'Remus' – Allegation 2) (GD) [2003] NSWADTAP 49 [2003] NSWADTAP 49 APPELLANT PARTIES: Ronald George Lloyd RESPONDENT Veterinary Surgeons Invesitigating Committee FILE NUMBER: 039027, 039037 HEARING DATES: 12/06/2003, 28/07/2003 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED: 07/28/2003 DATE OF DECISION: 10/13/2003

Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee v Lloyd (Inquiry 1: 'Chisel' – Findings) [2003] NSWADT 95, Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee v Lloyd (Inquiry 2: 'Gypsy' – Findings) [2003] NSWADT 96, Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee v Lloyd (Inquiry 3: 'Remus' – Findings: Allegation 1(a) to (e)) [2002] NSWADT 285, Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee v Ronald George Lloyd (Inquiry 3: Findings: 'Remus' – Allegation 2)[2003] NSWADT 136, Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee v Ronald George Lloyd (Remus: Inquiry 2) (Preliminary order 12 May 2003), Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee v Lloyd (Inquiry 4: 'Total Eclipse' – Jurisdiction) [2002] NSWADT 283, Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee v Lloyd (Inquiry 4: 'Total Eclipse' – Findings) [2002] NSWADT 284 DECISION UNDER APPEAL: BEFORE: Chesterman M - ADCJ (Deputy President); Goode P - Judicial Member; Stephens T - Member CATCHWORDS: bias - error as to status of evidence - effect on creditability of another witness - procedural fairness - professional misconduct - conduct constituting professional misconduct - reconsitution of tribunal - failure to recall witnesses MATTER FOR DECISION: Principal matter FILE NUMBER UNDER APPEAL: 40004, 40005, 40015 and 40016 of 1998 DATE OF DECISION UNDER APPEAL: 06/06/2003 Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 LEGISLATION CITED : Veterinary Surgeons Act 1986 Veterinary Surgeons Regulation 1995 Lloyd v Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee (Inquiry 4: 'Total Eclipse' – Jurisdiction) [2003] NSWADTAP 19 Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee v Lloyd (Inquiry 1: 'Chisel' – Findings) [2003] NSWADT 95 CASES CITED: Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee v Lloyd (Inquiry 2: 'Gypsy' – Findings) [2003] NSWADT 96 Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee v Lloyd (Inquiry 3: 'Remus' – Findings: Allegation 1(a) to (e)) [2002] NSWADT 285 Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee v Lloyd (Inquiry 4: 'Total Eclipse' – Jurisdiction) [2002] NSWADT 283 Veterinary Surgeons Investigating Committee v Lloyd (Inquiry 4: 'Total Eclipse' – Findings) [2002] NSWADT 284 APPELLANT REPRESENTATION: M Tzannes, Barrister RESPONDENT L T Grey, Barrister ORDERS: 1 Appeal allowed; 2 Finding of misconduct in a professional respect in relation to Allegation 2 set aside; 3 Inquiry to be remitted to the Tribunal for consideration of what order, if any, should be made under s 32(3) of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1986 with respect to the fifth paragraph of the particulars to Allegation 2.